The Boys' Festival (Tango), from the series Elegant Play of the Five Festivals (Gayû go sekku no uchi)
「雅遊五節句之内 端午」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1840 (Tenpô 11)
Artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861), Publisher Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba City Mus., Ukiyo-e ni egakareta kodomotachi (2014), #51; Iwakiri 2011, #244; the series: Robinson, Kuniyoshi (1961), list #129
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.7 x 24.2 cm (14 1/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Accession Number
11.36514
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Markings
No censor's seal
改印：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