A Fashionable Parody of the Nô Play Takasago (Fûryû yatsushi Takasago)
Ishikawa Toyonobu
(Japanese, 1711–1785)
Urokogataya Magobei
(Japanese)
about early 1760s
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
DimensionsVertical chûban; 26.3 x 18 cm (10 3/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.13393
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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.
Ishikawa Toyonobu
Ishikawa Toyonobu
about 1750
