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「浅草奥山生人形」
Life-sized Dolls Exhibited at Asakusa Okuyama (Asakusa Okuyama iki-ningyô)
「浅草奥山生人形」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese
Blockcutter: Tsuge Shôjirô (Hori Shôji) (Japanese)
Publisher: Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese
Blockcutter: Tsuge Shôjirô (Hori Shôji) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.3 x 51.2 cm (14 5/16 x 20 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.28826-7
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Salter, Japanese Popular Prints (2006), p. 35, fig. 25; Inagaki and Isao, Kuniyoshi no kyôga (1991), #111; Genshoku Ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 4 (1981), #304 (left sheet only); Ono, Misemono fûzoku zushi (1977), p. 113
DescriptionDiptych: 11.28826 (left), 11.28827 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.28826-7, 11.34935a-b
MFA impressions: 11.28826-7, 11.34935a-b
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 4
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Shôji
改印：改、卯四
彫師：彫庄治
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Shôji
改印：改、卯四
彫師：彫庄治
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.