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「八百万神御守護末代地震降伏之図（はつひやくまんじんごしゆごまつだいぢしんかうふくのづ）」 （鯰絵）
The Earthquake Catfish Surrender to the Eight Million Protective Gods (Happyakumanjin goshugo matsudai jishin kôfuku no zu)
「八百万神御守護末代地震降伏之図（はつひやくまんじんごしゆごまつだいぢしんかうふくのづ）」 （鯰絵）
Japanese
Edo period
about 1855 (Ansei 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.5 x 50 cm (14 3/8 x 19 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38634, 11.38634
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôkubo, Namazu-e (Nat'l. Mus. of J. History, 2021), #24; Tomizawa, Nishiki-e no chikara (2005), chart 4, #11, photo p. 78
DescriptionDiptych: 11.38634 (left), 11.38649 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.29507.19ab, 11.38634VR (11.38634, 11.38649)
MFA impressions: 11.29507.19ab, 11.38634VR (11.38634, 11.38649)
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
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.