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蛍狩りの女
Women Catching Fireflies
蛍狩りの女
Japanese
Edo period
about 1796–97 (Kansei 8–9)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.5 x 72 cm (14 x 28 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.23043-5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #69; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #85; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 214, list no. 278
DescriptionTriptych: 11.23043 (center), 11.23044 (right), 11.23043 (left)
MFA impressions: 11.23043-5, 21.7377-9
MFA impressions: 11.23043-5, 21.7377-9
Signed
Eishi zu (on each sheet)
栄之図
栄之図
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.