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女と役者絵の凧を持つ召使 （北渓の摺物「春の街」の複製）
Woman and Servant with Kite, based on a surimono by Hokkei from the series A Town in Springtime (Haru no machi)
女と役者絵の凧を持つ召使 （北渓の摺物「春の街」の複製）
Japanese
Meiji-era reproduction of Edo-period design?
1890s copy of 1810s–1820s design?
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 23.5 x 17.2 cm (9 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26471
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
The original: Ohki w/ Haliburton, Private World of Surimono (2020), checklist #121
DescriptionThe print appears to be a Meiji-era fake, with a design copied from a surimono but printed in nishiki-e format, with a false kiwame seal and false publisher's mark of Wakasaya Yoichi.
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
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.