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Young Man Painting for Ladies


貴人の前の席画
Utagawa Toyohiro (Japanese, 1773–1828)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1801–04 (Kyôwa era)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.3 x 75.9 cm (14 5/16 x 29 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14801, 11.14807, 11.14808
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 11, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, II (1989), pl. 78; Genshoku Ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 2 (1982), #392; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 3 (1963), #s 2607-9
DescriptionTriptych: 11.14801 (right), 11.14807 (left), 11.14808 (right)

MFA impressions: 11.14801VR (11.14801, 11.14807-8), 21.7630-2
Signed Toyohiro ga (on each sheet)
豊広画
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.