The First Month (Shôgatsu) and the Second Month (Nigatsu), from an untitled series of Twelve Months in stone-rubbing style
Nishimura Shigenaga
(Japanese, 1697?–1756)
Ogawa
(Japanese)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (sumizuri-e, in style of ishizuri-e); ink on paper
DimensionsTwo uncut half hosoban on hosoban sheet; 20.6 x 14.2 cm (8 1/8 x 5 9/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.19051
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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.
Isoda Koryûsai
about 1776–81 (An'ei 5–Tenmei 1)
Okumura Masanobu
Utagawa Hiroshige I
about 1832–34 (Tenpô 3–5)
Utagawa Hiroshige I
Utagawa Hiroshige I
Utagawa Hiroshige I
Utagawa Hiroshige I
about 1843–46 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 3)
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu)
Utagawa Hiroshige I