No. 5, from the series Silkworm Cultivation (Kaiko yashinai gusa)
「かゐこやしなひ草 第五」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1772 (Meiwa 9/An'ei 1)
Artist Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739–1820)
Catalogue Raisonné
Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 10, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, I (1988), fig. 83; Ukiyo-e taisei 6 (1930), #232
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 27 x 18.9 cm (10 5/8 x 7 7/16 in.)
Accession Number
11.19591
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
MFA impressions: 06.571, 11.19591
From a series of twelve sheets jointly designed by Shunshô (nos. 1, 3, 6, 8, 11, 12) and Shigemasa (nos. 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10).
Signed
Kitao Shigemasa ga
北尾重政画
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