Ôtsu-e Figure: Demon Converted to Buddhism (Oni no nenbutsu)
大津絵の鬼の念仏
Japanese
Edo period
1860s
Artist Kawanabe Kyôsai (Japanese, 1831–1889)
Catalogue Raisonné
Kaikan sanjû shûnen kinen Kawanabe Kyôsai kinen bijutsukan cat. (2008), p. 106, #0829 (without inscription, dated 1864)
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.8 x 24.3 cm (14 1/8 x 9 9/16 in.)
Accession Number
11.37047
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Signed
Ôju Seisei Kyôsai ... (last part of signature cut off)
応需惺々狂斎
Markings
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
版元：なし
Provenance
By 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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection