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The Beginning of the Great Dance of the Ise Shrine (Ise daidai mikagura no hajimari)


「伊勢太々御神楽之濫觴(はじまり)」
Okada Shuntôsai (Japanese, active about 1830–60)
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3)

Medium/Technique Copperplate etching; ink on paper
Dimensions 8.1 × 14.5 cm (3 3/16 × 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45842.1
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionFrom an album containing 37 prints, plus 5 loose prints probably removed from the album: 11.45842.1-.42.
Signed Shuntôsai saisaikoku
春燈斎再々刻
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

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.