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お正月の飾りと箱の上に鎧 （複製ヵ）
New Year Decorations, Scroll, and Armor
お正月の飾りと箱の上に鎧 （複製ヵ）
After: Yanagawa Shigenobu I (Japanese, 1787–1832)
Japanese
Meiji-era copy of Edo-period design?
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20.7 x 17.2 cm (8 1/8 x 6 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20097
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionThe work appears to be a copy; but so far no original has been found, and it is not listed in Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 2, List of surimono copies in square format.
Signed
Yanagawa
柳川
柳川
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.