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DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019

A Collection of Comical Sayings (Dôke tatoe zukushi)


「道化たとへつくし」
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Publisher: Tsujiya Yasubei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 25.5 cm (14 1/4 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39602
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.26453, *11.39602 (deaccessioned in 2019)
Signed Nisei Hiroshige ga
二世広重画
Marks Censor's seal: Goat 2 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:未弐改
彫師: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.