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Evening Bell at Mii-dera Temple (Mii banshô), from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei no uchi)


「近江八景の内 三井晩鐘」
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.5 × 76.1 cm (14 3/4 × 29 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17334-6
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G348-05, pl. 32
DescriptionTriptych: 11.17334 (right), 11.17335 (center), 11.17336 (left)

MFA impressions: 11.17334-6, 11.38996a-c
Signed Nidaime Kunisada ga (on right sheet), Baichôrô Kunisada ga (on center sheet), Ichijusai Kunisada ga (on left sheet)
二代目国貞画 梅蝶楼国貞画 一寿斎国貞画
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、村田
彫師:なし
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.