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Summer Robes (Natsugoromo), from the series An Incense Contest (Takimono awase)

Summer Robes (Natsugoromo), 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; 21.1 x 18.3 cm (8 5/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.20728
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On view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem by Goshintei San'en: Yu-agari no/ chôjiguruma no/ tenugui ni/ ume ga ka soichi/ haru no yûkaze Poem by Waseda Mitsumaru: Yu-ami shite/ ideru otome mo/ ume ga ka no/ kayou koromo wa/ furuwasarikeri Poem by Rikkaen: Utsukushiki/ imo ga hadae no/ yukatabira/ hana ni kakareru/ kasumi narikeri
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.