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Ôtsu-e Paintings of Rats (Nezumi Ôtsu), from the series Collection of Rats: Twelve Treasures (Nezumi tsukushi jûni takara)


「鼠尽十二宝 鼠大津」
Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Shikishiban; 20.7 x 18.8 cm (8 1/8 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20070
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Keisai
渓斎
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.