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源氏 紫式部
Murasaki Shikibu, from a series of Genji parodies
源氏 紫式部
Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1710 (Hôei 7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 24.5 x 30.2 cm (9 5/8 x 11 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13389
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Gunsaulus, AIC cat. I (1955), p. 130, #39; Shibui, "Masanobu no sumi-e," Ukiyo-e no kenkyû VI.3 (March 1929), #E-12
Signed
(Along left edge, cut off of this impression: Yamato gakô Okumura Shinmyô Masanobu)
（大和画工奥村親妙政信）
（大和画工奥村親妙政信）
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.