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「上方震下り 瓢磐鯰（ひょうばんなまづ）の化物（ばけもの） 一名（いちめう）難獣（なんぢう）といふ」
The Famous Catfish Monster That Came from Kamigata with the Earthquake, Also Called the Beast of Suffering (Kamigata shin kudari hyôban namazu no bakemono, ichimyô nanjû to iu)
「上方震下り 瓢磐鯰（ひょうばんなまづ）の化物（ばけもの） 一名（いちめう）難獣（なんぢう）といふ」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1855 (Ansei 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal double ôban; 37 x 51 cm (14 9/16 x 20 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38647
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôkubo, Namazu-e (Nat'l. Mus. of J. History, 2021), #183; Tomizawa, Nishiki-e no chikara (2005), chart 4, #17, photo p. 79; Konishi, Nishiki-e Bakumatsu Meiji no rekishi 1 (1977), p. 54
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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: 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.