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「奥奉公出世双六（おくほうこうしゅっせすごろく）」
Board Game of Success as a Lady-in-Waiting at the Shogun's Palace (Oku hôkô shusse sugoroku)
「奥奉公出世双六（おくほうこうしゅっせすごろく）」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Jôshûya Jûzô / Jûbei (Kinjûdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Jôshûya Jûzô / Jûbei (Kinjûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1844 (Tenpô 15/Kôka 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
49.6 x 67.6 cm (19 1/2 x 26 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42096.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Walthall, "Edo bunka ni okeru Ȏoku," Journal of Gender Studies 4.3 (2001), fig. 5
https://www.library.metro.tokyo.jp/Portals/0/edo/tokyo_library/modal/print.html?d=47
http://www.u-gakugei.ac.jp/~dousou/1/news/09_03_05_esugo/index.html
DescriptionNote: The game board 11.42096.1 came to the MFA in what was assumed to be its original wrapper, 11.42096.2. However, the board and wrapper have been found to be two unrelated pieces and so are now catalogued separately.
Signed
Kunisada aratame Nidai Toyokuni ga
国貞改二代豊国画
国貞改二代豊国画
Marks
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
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.
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.