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「いまやう席画遊」
A Painting Party in the Modern Style (Imayô sekiga asobi)
「いまやう席画遊」
Hishikawa Ryûkoku (Japanese, active about 1801–1829)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 39.4 x 52.2 cm (15 1/2 x 20 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18081-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych (two sheets of triptych): 11.18081 (left), 11.18082 (right)
Triptych: 11.18081-2 (center and left sheets), RES.51.25 (right sheet, badly faded)
Unidentified publisher's mark.
Triptych: 11.18081-2 (center and left sheets), RES.51.25 (right sheet, badly faded)
Unidentified publisher's mark.
Signed
Ryûkoku hitsu (on each sheet)
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.