Great Poetry Gathering (Dai-e kyô hai ten ku)
Gyokusai
(Japanese, active late 1860s)
Zen (in lozenge)
(Japanese)
1868 (Keiô 4/Meiji 1), 5th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban diptych; 35.7 x 48.7 cm (14 1/16 x 19 3/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.42014, 11.42016
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPrints
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: January 19, 2005)
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.
Gyokusai
1868 (Keiô 4/Meiji 1), 8th month
Katsugo Gyokusai
Late 19th century
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1795 (Kansei 7)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1852 (Kaei 5), 5th month
Jippensha Ikku
1815 (Bunka 12)
Jippensha Ikku
1815 (Bunka 12)
Yôshû Chikanobu (Hashimoto Chikanobu)
1879 (Meiji 12), 7th month
Utagawa Kuniaki II
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), intercalary 3rd month