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鯰と鹿島明神の首引き (鯰絵)
Neck-pulling Contest between the Earthquake Catfish and the Kashima Deity
鯰と鹿島明神の首引き (鯰絵)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1855 (Ansei 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 24 x 35.1 cm (9 7/16 x 13 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38583
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôkubo, Namazu-e (Nat'l. Mus. of J. History, 2021), #63; Tomizawa, Nishiki-e no chikara (2005), chart 4, #64, photo p. 88
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
Marks
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印:なし
彫師:なし
版元:なし
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印:なし
彫師:なし
版元: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.