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Asagao, from the series Eastern Figures Matched with the Tale of Genji (Azuma sugata Genji awase)


「東すかた源氏合 朝顔」
Kikukawa Eizan (Japanese, 1787–1867)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1818–23 (Bunsei 1–6)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.2 x 24.9 cm (14 5/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17703
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), list #1.1 and cat. no. 343; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 4, Victoria and Albert Museum I (1989), pl. 148
Signed Kikukawa Eizan hitsu
菊川英山筆
Marks No censor's seal
InscriptionsPoem: Mishi ori no [=mo]/ tsuyu wasuraremu/ asagao no/ hana no sakari wa/ sugi ya shinuran
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.