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吾妻橋下の涼舟
A Boating Party under Azuma Bridge
吾妻橋下の涼舟
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1786 (Tenmei 6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 38.2 x 77.9 cm (15 1/16 x 30 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13981-3
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Haft, Aesthetic Strategies (2013), fig. 8; Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #29, pl. 123 (this impression); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #37; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #796, pl. LXXI
DescriptionTriptych: 11.13981 (center), 11.13982 (right), 11.13983 (left)
Signed
Kiyonaga ga (on each sheet)
清長画
清長画
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.