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「盧生邯鄲一睡夢」
Lu Sheng's Transient Dream at Handan (Rosei Kantan issui yume)
「盧生邯鄲一睡夢」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1815–25 (Bunka 12–Bunsei 8)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 39 x 80 cm (15 3/8 x 31 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17847, 11.17848, 11.18131
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), triptych list #108 (no photo); Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 2, British Museum II (1988), pl. 241 (complete triptych)
DescriptionTriptych: 11.17847 (left), 11.17848 (center), 11.18131 (right)
Signed
Kikukawa Eizan hitsu (on left sheet only)
菊川英山筆
菊川英山筆
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame (on left sheet only)
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.