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「山海愛たいつ会 はれぼったい 能登さバ 四十二」
Puffy-Faced with Distress (Harebottai)/ Mackerel of Noto Province (Noto saba), from the series Auspicious Desires on Land and Sea (Sankai medetai zue)
「山海愛たいつ会 はれぼったい 能登さバ 四十二」
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.6 x 25.7 cm (14 7/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25993
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
The series: Robinson, Kuniyoshi (1961), list #117
DescriptionNo. 42 in the series.
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 12
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：衣笠、村田、子十二
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：衣笠、村田、子十二
彫師：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: 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.