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「十二支遊宴之図」
The Party of the Twelve Animals (Jûnishi yûen no zu)
「十二支遊宴之図」
Okada Shuntôsai (Japanese, active about 1830–60)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Copperplate etching; ink on paper
Dimensions
8.4 × 14.5 cm (3 5/16 × 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45842.5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Similar, but not identical, print: John Clark, Japanese 19th-C. Copperplate Prints (BM Occasional Papers 84, 1994), #B-107
DescriptionFrom an album containing 37 prints, plus 5 loose prints probably removed from the album: 11.45842.1-.42.
Signed
Heian Shuntôsai sen
平安春燈斎鐫
平安春燈斎鐫
Marks
Artist's seals
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)
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.