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Stringmaker (Motoyui), from the series Collection of Fashionable Artisans (Fûryû shokunin zukushi)


「風流職人盡 鬠」
Utagawa Sadahide (Japanese, 1807–1873)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.3 × 25.4 cm (14 11/16 × 10 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39176
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Gountei Sadahide ga
五雲亭貞秀画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.