Double senjafuda (nôsatsu): Hand Towels Hanging from Poles
Utagawa Yoshitomi
(Japanese, active about 1848–80)
Kosugisai Fukushin
(Japanese, active 1850s)
Takeuchi Tachô (Utagawa Yoshikane)
(Japanese, 1832–1881)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions14.5 × 9.5 cm (5 11/16 × 3 3/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.45891.4
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.
Utagawa Yoshitomi
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 4th month
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1852 (Kaei 5), 5th month
Utagawa Kuniaki II
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), intercalary 3rd month
Utagawa Toyokuni I
1811 (Bunka 8), 2nd month
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 10th month
Utagawa Hiroshige I
about 1848–49 (Kaei 1–2)
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu)
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 2nd month
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1852 (Kaei 5), 8th month