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The Gion Shrine, Also Called Kanjin-in, in Yasaka in Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro no kuni Yasaka no sato Kanjin-in Gion Taisha)


「山城国八坂郷感神院 祇園大社」
Attributed to: Matsumoto Yasuoki (Gengendô I) (Japanese, 1786–1867)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Copperplate etching; ink on paper
Dimensions 10.9 × 20.4 cm (4 5/16 × 8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45844.12
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionFrom an album containing 25 prints, 11.45844.1-.25.
Signed Gengen (plus seal)
玄々
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.