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Elderly Couple at New Year, by Hôchû (top); Sparrow by Hiroshige and Spider by Gengyo (bottom right); Calligraphy (bottom left), from the harimaze series Old and New Poems and Writings (Shinko shoga awase)

Elderly Couple at New Year, by Hôchû (top); Sparrow by Hiroshige and Spider by Gengyo (bottom right); Calligraphy (bottom left), from the harimaze series Old and New Poems and Writings (Shinko shoga awase)

(Japanese, active about 1799–1818)
(Japanese, 1817–1880)
(Japanese, 1797–1858)
(Japanese)
1853 (Kaei 6), 12th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban (harimaze); 36.5 x 25.5 cm (14 3/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.17203
On View
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ClassificationsPrints
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.