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柳の糸
Text page, from the album Willow Silk (Yanagi no ito)
柳の糸
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1797 (Kansei 9)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 24.6 x 37.6 cm (9 11/16 x 14 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39700.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba City Mus., Chôbunsai Eishi ten (2023), #129
DescriptionFrom an album of kyôka poetry with illustrations by Tsutsumi Tôrin, Suzuki Rinshô, Eishi, Shigemasa, and Hokusai.
The complete book: 2011.1050, 2011.1051
The complete book: 2011.1050, 2011.1051
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
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.
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.