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芳年略画 「蝙蝠之五段目」 「鐘之世界」
Bats in the Fifth Act [of Chûshingura] (Kômori no godanme); the World inside the Bell [of Dôjô-ji] (Kane no sekai); from an untitled series known as Sketches by Yoshitoshi (Yoshitoshi ryakuga)
芳年略画 「蝙蝠之五段目」 「鐘之世界」
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892)
Japanese
Meiji era
early 1880s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Two horizontal chûban on uncut vertical ôban sheet; 36.8 x 25 cm (14 1/2 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22587
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Aoki et al., Kindai Nihon hanga (1998), p. 35, fig. 5 (top only); Ing & Schaap, Beauty & Violence (1992), #42.27 & 41.28 (no photo)
Signed
Yoshitoshi giga (on each design)
芳年戯画
芳年戯画
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: 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.
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.