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「難獣（なんじう）一名ユリヤケといふ」 「稼鳥（かせぎどり）十月三日より出現」 （鯰絵）
The Beast of Troubles, Sometimes Called Yuriyake, and the Moneymaking Bird, Which Appeared on the 3rd Day of the 10th Month (Nanjû, ichimei Yuriyake to iu; kasegi dori, jûgatsu mikka yori shutsugen)
「難獣（なんじう）一名ユリヤケといふ」 「稼鳥（かせぎどり）十月三日より出現」 （鯰絵）
Enju (Japanese, active about 1855)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1855 (Ansei 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal double ôban; 34.5 x 44.8 cm (13 9/16 x 17 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45456
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôkubo, Namazu-e (Nat'l. Mus. of J. History, 2021), p. 90, fig. 7
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.22028, 11.38651, 11.45456
Signed
Godai... Enju gisaku
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.