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Otafuku as a Court Lady Making Origami Cranes


官女のお多福と折り紙の鶴
Ônishi Chinnen (Japanese, 1792–1851)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 22 x 29.8 cm (8 11/16 x 11 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20475
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.20475, 2006.1588.4.12, 2011.1045.2.9
Signed Chinnen
椿年
Marks Artist's seal: Sonan
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.