Women Walking in a Garden, from the series Five Colors of Dye (Goshiki-zome)
「五色染」 散歩
Japanese
Edo period
about 1809–13 (Bunka 6–10)
Artist Kikukawa Eizan (Japanese, 1787–1867), Publisher Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Catalogue Raisonné
The series: Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), list #25 (this design not listed); another print in the series: cat. no. 129
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 39.1 x 26.3 cm (15 3/8 x 10 3/8 in.)
Accession Number
11.17834
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
MFA prints in the Goshiki-zome series: 11.17706, 11.17817, 11.17818, 11.17833, 11.17834
Signed
Eizan hitsu
英山筆
Markings
No censor's seal
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: 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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection