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Fishing Boats (Isaribune), from the series An Incense Contest (Takimono awase)

Fishing Boats (Isaribune), from the series An Incense Contest (Takimono awase)

(Japanese, active about 1830–60)
about 1835 (Tenpô 6)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
DimensionsShikishiban; 21 x 18.3 cm (8 1/4 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.20089
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem by Kôtôtei Anone: Shirauo no/ yoru kagaribi ni/ yanagi ha no/ usura-hi tokuru/ Sumida no kawagishi Poem by Shikishima no Edamichi: Nodoka naru/ haru no shirushi wa/ shirauo no/ ami no hotsure ni/ asobu ito miyu Poem by Kayûen Nagabumi: Fuji utsuru/ kawa-kaze wa mada/ Hie no yama/ hatachi kasanete/ hisagu shirauo
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.