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The Seven Emotions (Shichijô zu)


「(七)情図」
Utagawa Yoshifusa (Japanese, active about 1837–1860)
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.3 x 52.2 cm (13 7/8 x 20 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37373a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionAccording to the Confucian Book of Rites, the seven emotions are joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, hate, and desire; in Buddhism, they are joy, anger, sorrow, pleasure, love, hate, and desire.
喜・怒・哀・楽・愛・悪(お)・欲
Signed Ippôsai Yoshifusa ga
一宝斎芳房画
Marks Censor's seal: Goat 6 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Koizumi Hori Kane
改印:未六改
彫師:小泉彫兼
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.