Fish and Kerria Roses
Keisai Eisen
(Japanese, 1790–1848)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
DimensionsShikishiban; 21 x 18.5 cm (8 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.20642
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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.
Court Lady, from the series Sights and Specialties of Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro meisho meibutsu)
Keisai Eisen
about early 1820s
Keisai Eisen
Keisai Eisen
Court Lady, from the series Sights and Specialties of Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro meisho meibutsu)
Keisai Eisen
about early 1820s
Keisai Eisen
![Minazuru-hime as Ono no Komachi and Benkei as Kisen Hôshi, from the series Characters from the Life of Ushiwaka [Yoshitsune] as the Six Poetic Immortals (Ushiwaka Rokkasen)](/internal/media/dispatcher/1098532/thumbnail)
![Sôjôbô as Sôjô Henjo and Ushiwaka as Ariwara no Narihira, from the series Characters from the Life of Ushiwaka [Yoshitsune] as the Six Poetic Immortals (Ushiwaka Rokkasen)](/internal/media/dispatcher/1098533/thumbnail)
Keisai Eisen
Keisai Eisen
