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Bright Blue (Hana-iro) (right) and Pale Blue (Sora-iro) (left), pages from an unidentified book of couples in suggestive poses compared to colors


男女と色の絵本 「花色」、「空色」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Or: Kitagawa Utamaro II (Japanese, ?–1831?)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1800s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (key block); ink on paper
Dimensions 20.4 x 28 cm (8 1/16 x 11 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21683
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionJoint image: 50.22 (top), 11.21683 (bottom)

From the same book: 11.21682, 11.21683, 11.21684 (two uncut pages each, key block prints), 50.22 (one page, full color)
Signed Unsigned
無款
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.