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御茶ノ水蛍
Fireflies at Ochanomizu
御茶ノ水蛍
Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847–1915)
Japanese
Meiji era
about 1880 (Meiji 13)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 24 x 35 cm (9 7/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26605
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), p. 20, fig. 6; Shizuoka Mus., Kobayashi Kiyochika (exh. cat., 1998), #23; Ukiyo-e taikei 12 (1976), #89; Yoshida, Kiyochika (1964), #92; Ukiyo-e taisei 12 (1931), #503
Signed
Unsigned
無款
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.
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.