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「流行温泉の図」(猫の温泉)
Utagawa Kunitoshi (Japanese, 1847–1899)
Publisher: Kamiyama Seishichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1881 (Meiji 14), June 20

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.1 x 24.2 cm (14 3/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44664
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kunitoshi sha (?), Kamiyama Seishichi
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.