Leaves of the Sacred Tree (Sakakiba), from the series An Incense Contest (Takimono awase)
「薫物合 榊葉」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1835 (Tenpô 6)
Artist Yanagawa Shigenobu II (Japanese, active about 1830–60)
Catalogue Raisonné
Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 353
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21 x 18.3 cm (8 1/4 x 7 3/16 in.)
Accession Number
11.20726
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
From a series based on the names of types of incense, made for the Shakuyakutei circle.
Signed
Nisei Yanagawa Shigenobu
二世柳川重信
Markings
Artist's seal: Yanagawa
Provenance
By 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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection