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見立夕顔
Modern Version of the Yûgao Chapter of the Tale of Genji
見立夕顔
Japanese
Edo period
about 1795–97 (Kansei 7–9)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 38.7 x 51.7 cm (15 1/4 x 20 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14913-4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba City Mus., Chôbunsai Eishi ten (2023), #98; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 13 (1991), Amsterdam pl. 24; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishô list, #46; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 448, list no. A51
DescriptionDiptych (two right sheets of incomplete triptych): 11.14913 (right), 11.14914 (left)
MFA impressions: 11.14913-4 (two right sheets only), 21.7651-3 (complete triptych), 53.496 (left sheet only, faded)
MFA impressions: 11.14913-4 (two right sheets only), 21.7651-3 (complete triptych), 53.496 (left sheet only, faded)
Signed
Eishô zu (on each sheet)
栄昌図
栄昌図
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
Collector's seal (unidentified)
改印：極
Collector's seal (unidentified)
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.