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琴と尺八の合奏
Couple Playing a Duet on Koto and Shakuhachi
琴と尺八の合奏
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Meiji-era reprint from Edo-period blocks?
original: about 1767–68 (Meiwa 4–5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 27.7 x 20.3 cm (10 7/8 x 8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19489
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #261; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #518, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 283
DescriptionSecond state, with heads replaced. Probably a Meiji reprint from the original blocks.
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
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.