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美人の雪遊び
Women Making a Giant Snowball
美人の雪遊び
Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige) (Japanese, about 1802–1835)
Publisher: Imariya Ushizô (Bunhôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Imariya Ushizô (Bunhôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 39 x 81 cm (15 3/8 x 31 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13528, 11.15784, 11.15785
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionTriptych: 11.13528 (right), 11.15784 (left), 11.15785 (center)
Signed
Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: 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.