Love that Rarely Meets (Mare ni au koi) from the series Anthology of Poems: The Love Section (Kasen koi no bu)
Kitagawa Utamaro I
(Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô)
(Japanese)
about 1793–94 (Kansei 5–6)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink, color, and mica on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 39 x 25.6 cm (15 3/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.14324
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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 1792–93 (Kansei 4–5)
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1793–94 (Kansei 5–6)
Kitagawa Utamaro I