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「痳疹退治（はしかたいじ）」
DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019
Defeating the Measles Demon (Hashika taiji)
「痳疹退治（はしかたいじ）」
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.1 x 25 cm (13 13/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39770
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Tomizawa, Nishiki-e no chikara (2005), chart 11, #5, photo p. 119; Shibuya Kuritsu Shôtô Bijutsukan, Ukiyoeshitachi no shinbutsu (1999), #75
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.37336, 11.39750, *11.39770 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.41244
Signed
Yoshifuji ga
芳藤画
芳藤画
Marks
Censor's seal: Dog 7 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：戌七改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：戌七改
彫師：なし
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.