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「戯童十二候」 雛祭
The Doll Festival, from the series Twelve Seasons of Playful Children (Gidô jûnikô)
「戯童十二候」 雛祭
Japanese
Edo period
about 1783 (Tenmei 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 26.2 x 19.4 cm (10 5/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19412
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Miyazaki, "Doll Festival," in Nakamura, ed., Images of Familial Intimacy (2014), fig. 7.7; Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #177-1 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #221.1, pl. 114; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #486, pl. XXIX
Signed
Kiyonaga ga
清長画
清長画
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.