MFA impressions: 11.17951, 11.40898.7
Signed
Keisai Eisen ga 渓斎英泉画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame 改印: 極
Provenance
By 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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Japanese, Edo period, about 1821–23 (Bunsei 4–6)
- Artist Keisai Eisen, Japanese, 1790–1848
- Publisher Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô), Japanese
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba City Museum of Art, Keisai Eisen (2012), #218; another print in the series (Mishima): Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 4, Victoria and Albert Museum I (1989), pl. 160
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.7 x 26.1 cm (14 7/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Accession Number
11.17951
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper