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見立鏡山
Ladies Practicing Martial Arts (Opening Scene of the Play Mirror Mountain)
見立鏡山
Japanese
Edo period
about 1801–04 (Kyôwa era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 39 x 77.1 cm (15 3/8 x 30 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13608, 11.13756, 11.13757
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Golden Age (2010), #133; Ukiyo-e shûka 9 (1981), pls. 176-8
DescriptionTriptych: 11.13608 (right), 11.13756 (left), 11.13757 (center)
MFA impressions: 11.13608VR (11.13608, 11.13756, 11.13757), 21.7792-4
MFA impressions: 11.13608VR (11.13608, 11.13756, 11.13757), 21.7792-4
Signed
Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.