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松竹梅三美人
Three Beauties with a Calligraphic Hanging Scroll
松竹梅三美人
Japanese
Edo period
about 1792–93 (Kansei 4–5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.3 x 26.1 cm (14 11/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14079
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba City Mus., Chôbunsai Eishi ten (2023), #52; Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #142; MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #78 (this impr.); Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #7; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), list no. 352
DescriptionChiba City Mus., Chôbunsai Eishi ten (2023), #52; Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #142;
Signed
Eishi ga
栄之画
栄之画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.