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大川端の料亭
A Summer Gathering at the Sumiya Restaurant
大川端の料亭
Japanese
Edo period
about 1788–89 (Tenmei 8–Kansei 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 38.5 x 50.5 cm (15 3/16 x 19 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14053, 46.1407
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #57; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #106?; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 145, list no. 46
DescriptionDiptych: 11.14053 (right), 46.1407 (left)
MFA impressions: 06.751 (left sheet only), 11.14053VR (11.14053, 46.1407)
MFA impressions: 06.751 (left sheet only), 11.14053VR (11.14053, 46.1407)
Signed
Eishi ga (on each sheet)
栄之画
栄之画
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 – d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
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.