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「風流十二月 正月」
The First Month (Shôgatsu), from the series Fashionable Twelve Months (Fûryû jûni tsuki)
「風流十二月 正月」
Ishikawa Toyomasa (Japanese, active 1770–1780)
Japanese
Edo period
1770s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 26.8 x 19.6 cm (10 9/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19779
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Edo-Tokyo Mus., Nishiki-e no tanjo (1996), #4-58; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 4, Victoria and Albert Museum I (1989), pl. 46; Gentles, AIC cat. II (1965), p. 293, #1
Signed
Ishikawa Toyomasa ga
石川豊雅画
石川豊雅画
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.