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Illustration of Ladies Sewing (Kijo saihô no zu)


「貴女裁縫之図」
Adachi Ginkô (Japanese, 1853–1902)
Publisher: Sasaki Toyokichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1887 (Meiji 20), September 3

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink, color, and silver on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.5 x 75.6 cm (14 3/8 x 29 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18171-3
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA/Geidai, Double Impact (2015), #57; Meech-Pekarik, The World of the Meiji Print (1986), color pl. 25; Konishi, Nishiki-e bakumatsu Meiji no rekishi 9 (1977), pp. 98-9; Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 6 (1936), pp. 70-1
DescriptionTriptych: 11.18171 (right), 11.18172 (center), 11.18173 (left)
Signed Shôsai Ginkô
松斎吟光
Marks Artist's seal: Shinshô Ginkô
印:真匠銀光
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.