Rabbits as Okaru and Kanpei in a Kiyomoto Dance Play of the Journey Scene (Kiyomoto Ochûdô, Okaru Kanpei)
「清元落入 おかる かん平」 兎絵
Japanese
Meiji era
1873 (Meiji 6), April
Artist Utagawa Yoshifuji (Japanese, 1828–1889)
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 34.7 × 23.7 cm (13 11/16 × 9 5/16 in.)
Accession Number
11.37341
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Unidentified publisher’s mark.
Signed
Yoshifuji ga
芳藤画
Markings
Censor's seal: Chicken 4
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉四
彫師：なし
Provenance
By 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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection