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「滑稽浪花名所 安治川」
The Aji River (Ajikawa), from the series Comical Views of Famous Places in Osaka (Kokkei Naniwa meisho)
「滑稽浪花名所 安治川」
Nakajima Yoshiume (Japanese, 1819–1879)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1848–54 (Kaei era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 24.1 x 17.5 cm (9 1/2 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36224.28
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Osaka City Mus., Edo no giga (2018), #195; Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 126; Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #22-21
DescriptionPart of an album of thirty prints (not the complete series).
Signed
Yoshiume
芳梅
芳梅
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.
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.