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「七副娘宝船」
The Treasure Ship of the Seven Girls of Good Fortune (Shichi fuku musume takarabune)
「七副娘宝船」
Japanese
Edo period
1807 (Bunka 4), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.6 x 24.9 cm (14 13/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17845-6
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych (two left sheets of incomplete triptych): 11.17845 (left), 11.17846 (right)
Signed
Kikukawa Eizan hitsu (on each sheet)
菊川英山筆
菊川英山筆
Marks
Censor's seals: 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.