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「婦人職人分類 造り花師」
Makers of Artificial Flowers (Tsukuribana-shi), from the series Selected Types of Female Artisans (Fujin shokunin bunrui)
「婦人職人分類 造り花師」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1795 (Kansei 7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical aiban; 33.5 x 22.5 cm (13 3/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14004
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #214 (this design mentioned but not illustrated); Ukiyo-e shûka 13 (1981), fig. 53; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #60.5
DescriptionThe impression in Brussels has the mark of publisher Tsutaya Jûzaburô and the kiwame seal at lower right.
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
No censor's seal
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
版元：なし
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
版元：なし
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.