Sand Monk (Sa Gojô) Watches the Fight between False Monkey (Ka Gokû) and Real Monkey (Shin Gokû), from the series The Journey to the West, A Popular Version (Tsûzoku Saiyûki)
「通俗西遊記（つうぞくさいゆうき）」「沙悟浄」「仮悟空」「真悟空」
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 2nd month
Artist Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892)
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 201-4188
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35 x 24.3 cm (13 3/4 x 9 9/16 in.)
Accession Number
11.22602
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
MFA impressions: 11.22602, 11.37754, 11.39789
A scene from Ch. 58 of the sixteenth-century Chinese fantasy novel, The Journey to the West (Ch. Xiyouji, J. Saiyûki).
Signed
Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi ga
一魁斎芳年画
Markings
Censor's seal: Ox 2 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：丑二改
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: 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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection