Desiring the Favor of an Answer (Ohenji o itadakitai)/ Carp from the Susomata River in Mino Province (Mino Susomatakawa no koi), from the series Auspicious Desires on Land and Sea (Sankai medetai zue)
「山海愛度図会 おへんじをいたゞきたい 美濃すそまた川の鯉 三十」
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 12th month
Artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861), Other artist Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904), Publisher Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese), Blockcutter Nakamura Tôkichi (Hori Me-Tô) (Japanese)
Catalogue Raisonné
The series: Robinson, Kuniyoshi (1961), list #117
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.4 x 25.7 cm (14 5/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Accession Number
11.25998
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
No. 30 in the series.
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (main design); Yoshiiku ga (inset)
一勇斎国芳画、芳幾画
Markings
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 12
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Me-Tô
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：衣笠、村田、子十二
彫師：彫目藤
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: 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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection