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Benten Shrine in Shinobazu Pond (Shinobazu no ike Benten no zu), from the series Perspective Pictures (Uki-e)


「浮絵 不忍之池弁天之図」
Katsukawa Shunkô II (Shunsen) (Japanese, 1762–about 1830)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 22.8 x 36.7 cm (9 x 14 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17989
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Katsukawa Shunsen ga
勝川春扇画
Marks No censor's seal
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.