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The Famous Pool of Golden Flowers (Kômei kinka no ike)


「高名金花池」
Kitagawa Hidemaro (Japanese, active about 1801–1818)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39 x 25.6 cm (15 3/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14370
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionThe placement of the title within a drawing of a golden vase suggests that it is the title of a series, but no other design is known.
Signed Hidemaro hitsu
秀麿筆
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.