Tenma Tenjin Shrine (Tenma Tenjin), from the series Comical Views of Famous Places in Osaka (Kokkei Naniwa meisho)
「滑稽浪花名所 天満天神」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1848–54 (Kaei era)
Artist Nakajima Yoshiume (Japanese, 1819–1879)
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 125; Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #22-9
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 24.1 x 17.5 cm (9 1/2 x 6 7/8 in.)
Accession Number
11.36224.18
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Part of an album of thirty prints (not the complete series).
Signed
Yoshiume
芳梅
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: 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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection