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「金情の人 卯ノ年二月十日 うけに入」 福助と福女の見立曽我
People Born in Metal Signs Enter a Lucky Cycle in the Year of the Rabbit on the 10th Day of the 2nd Month (Kinsei no hito u no toshi nigatsu tôka uke ni iru): Fukusuke and Fukujo in a Parody of a Soga Brothers Play
「金情の人 卯ノ年二月十日 うけに入」 福助と福女の見立曽我
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.2 × 24.2 cm (13 7/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41242
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Shibuya Kuritsu Shôtô Bijutsukan, Ukiyoeshitachi no shinbutsu (1999), #155
DescriptionAccording to yin-yang divination (onmyôdô), luck followed a cycle of seven good years and then five bad years, according to one's year of birth. The ages of people in the lucky category are listed.
Signed
Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga
一恵斎芳幾画
一恵斎芳幾画
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Tiger 12
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Tada (Chû ?)
改印：改、寅十二
彫師：彫忠
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Tada (Chû ?)
改印：改、寅十二
彫師：彫忠
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.