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「禽獣蟲魚図会 虬龍（ミヅチ）」
Water Dragon (Mizuchi), from the series Pictures of Birds, Animals, Insects, and Fish (Kinjûchûgyo zue)
「禽獣蟲魚図会 虬龍（ミヅチ）」
Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)
Japanese
Edo period
1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35 x 23.4 cm (13 3/4 x 9 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41528
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba City Museum of Art, Keisai Eisen (2012), #319; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 8 (1981), #325
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.22534, 11.41528
Signed
Keisai Eisen ga
渓斎英泉画
渓斎英泉画
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.