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Evening Bell (Banshô), from the series Eight Views of Figures (Sugata hakkei)


「姿八景 晩鐘」
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 25.2 x 36 cm (9 15/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43160
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G314-08 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.43160, 2009.5007.57
Signed Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga
香蝶楼豊国画
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Fusajirô
改印:福、村松
彫師:彫工房次郎
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

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.