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「小春にわ」
The Garden in the Tenth Month (Koharu niwa)
「小春にわ」
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.8 × 75.1 cm (14 1/2 × 29 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16193, 11.16206, 11.16207
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Mus., Ukiyo-e bi no kiwami (Baur coll. exh. cat., 2001), #153 (complete triptych)
DescriptionTriptych: 11.16193 (center), 11.16206 (left), 11.16207 (right)
Signed
Gyokuransai Sadahide ga (on right and center sheets), Gyokuran Sadahide ga (on left sheet)
玉蘭斎貞秀画 玉蘭貞秀画
玉蘭斎貞秀画 玉蘭貞秀画
Marks
Censor's seal: Hama
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜
彫師：なし
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.