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「浮世又平名画奇特」
Miraculous Paintings by Ukiyo Matabei (Ukiyo Matabei meiga kitoku)
「浮世又平名画奇特」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37 x 50.4 cm (14 9/16 x 19 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.28876-7
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Nat. Mus. of J. Hist., Nishiki-e wa ika ni tsukurareta ka (2009), #58; Minami, Edo no fûshiga (1997), p. 186, fig. 46; Suzuki 1992, #443; Inagaki and Isao, Kuniyoshi no kyôga (1991), #82; Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 1 (1935), p. 8
DescriptionDiptych: 11.28876 (left), 11.28877 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.17397a-b; 11.22130VR (11.22130, 11.28869); 11.28768-9; 11.28770-1; 11.28796-7; 11.28822-3; 11.28866VR (11.28866, 11.28873); 11.28867VR (11.28867, 11.28879); 11.28868VR (11.28868, 11.28870); 11.28871-2; 11.28874VR (11.28874, 11.28878); 11.28875 (left sheet only); 11.28876-7; 11.28880-1; 11.36491a-b
MFA impressions: 11.17397a-b; 11.22130VR (11.22130, 11.28869); 11.28768-9; 11.28770-1; 11.28796-7; 11.28822-3; 11.28866VR (11.28866, 11.28873); 11.28867VR (11.28867, 11.28879); 11.28868VR (11.28868, 11.28870); 11.28871-2; 11.28874VR (11.28874, 11.28878); 11.28875 (left sheet only); 11.28876-7; 11.28880-1; 11.36491a-b
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Ox 2
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：福、村松、丑六
彫師：彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：福、村松、丑六
彫師：彫竹
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.