Sue of the Kyô Izutsuya as a Fisherwoman in the Dance of Seven Changes Played by Nakamura Utaemon (Utaemon yaku shichibake ama sugata), from the series Gion Shrine Costume Parade (Gion mikoshi arai, nerimono sugata)
Urakusai Nagahide
(Japanese, active about 1805–1848)
Yamasa
(Japanese)
1813 (Bunka 10)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock/stencil print (kappazuri); ink on paper, with stenciled color
DimensionsHosoban; 33.8 x 15.4 cm (13 5/16 x 6 1/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.26552
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Collections
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.
