Reading a Book, from the series Fashionable Comparisons of Precious Children (Fûryû kodakara awase)
Kitagawa Utamaro I
(Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô)
(Japanese)
about 1802 (Kyôwa 2)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 37.5 x 25 cm (14 3/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.14189
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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.
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1795 (Kansei 7)
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1803 (Kyôwa 3)
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1801 (Kansei 13/Kyôwa 1)
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1801 (Kansei 13/Kyôwa 1)
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1801 (Kansei 13/Kyôwa 1)
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1806 (Bunka 3)
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1805 (Bunka 2)