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「流行なぞなぞ尽し」
A Collection of Popular Riddles (Ryûkô nazonazo zukushi)
「流行なぞなぞ尽し」
Japanese
Edo period–Meiji era
1868 (Keiô 4/Meiji 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.8 x 53 cm (14 1/8 x 20 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42093a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Konishi, Nishiki-e bakumatsu Meiji no rekishi 4 (1977), pp. 102-3 (complete diptych)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.34998.90a-b (pasted into album with sheets reversed left-to-right), 11.42093a-b
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
Marks
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
版元：なし
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
版元：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.
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.