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Avoiding the Overturning of the World (Sekai kutsugaeshi fusegi no hanashi)


「世界転覆予防画解(せかいくツがえしふせぎのはなし)」」
Arai Yoshimune (Toshiyuki, Utagawa Yoshimune II) (Japanese, 1863–1941)
Publisher: Tsuda Genshichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1881 (Meiji 14), October 3

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35 x 49 cm (13 3/4 x 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42011a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ôju Isshôsai Toshiyuki suiga
応需一松斎年雪酔画
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.