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見立三酸図
Parody of the Three Vinegar Tasters
見立三酸図
Komatsuken (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1766 (Meiwa 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 27.4 x 21 cm (10 13/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13439
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #619; Ukiyo-e shûka supp. 2 (1982), pl. 602; Waterhouse, Harunobu and His Age (1964), #18
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.13439, 21.8183
The third state (of four) of a calendar print for 1766, with the calendrical information and signature of the designer (Sakei) removed.
The third state (of four) of a calendar print for 1766, with the calendrical information and signature of the designer (Sakei) removed.
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.