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見立妹背山吉野川の場面
Imaginary Version of the Yoshino River Scene in the Play Imoseyama
見立妹背山吉野川の場面
Katsukawa Shunchô (Japanese, active about 1780–1801)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
late 1780s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 38.2 x 75.7 cm (15 1/16 x 29 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14750, 11.14765, 11.14766
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Rijksmuseum, Age of Utamaro (1979), #38; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 2 (1962), #1709 (R sheet only)
DescriptionTriptych: 11.14750 (right), 11.14765 (left), 11.14766 (center)
MFA impressions: 11.14750VR (complete triptych: 11.14750, 11.14765, 11.14766), 11.14751 (right sheet), 21.5944 (left sheet)
MFA impressions: 11.14750VR (complete triptych: 11.14750, 11.14765, 11.14766), 11.14751 (right sheet), 21.5944 (left sheet)
Signed
Shunchô ga (on each sheet)
春潮画
春潮画
Marks
Artist's seal: Chûrin
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.