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三囲の神詣
An Excursion to Mimeguri
三囲の神詣
Japanese
Edo period
about 1788 (Tenmei 8)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 38.9 x 51.6 cm (15 5/16 x 20 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13979-80
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #39 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #49, pls. 52-3; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #794, pl. LXI
DescriptionDiptych (two sheets of incomplete triptych?: 11.13979 (left), 11.13980 (right)
The design suggests that there might be a third sheet to the right, but no such sheet has ever been found.
The design suggests that there might be a third sheet to the right, but no such sheet has ever been found.
Signed
Kiyonaga ga (on each sheet)
清長画
清長画
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.