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Chitose of the Tsuruya Enjoying the New Year's Sky (Hatsusora no Tsuruya uchi Chitose), No. 3 from the series Views of Naka-no-chô for the Hisakataya Club (Hisakataya Naka-no-chô no san)

(Japanese, 1786?–1868)
about 1825 (Bunsei 8)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
DimensionsShikishiban, sheet 3 of pentaptych; 21 x 18.8 cm (8 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.19877
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem by Amanoya Wakashiba: Hatsusora ni/ ha o nosu hata no/ Tsuruya tote/ hari no tsuyoki wa/ kono sato no kaze Poem by Hisakataya: Towazu to mo/ tsuruya to shiruki/ oiran no/ ôtori hata ni/ ayumu nenrei
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.
Lacquer Bowls and Paper Wrappings
Yashima Gakutei
1816 (Bunka 13)