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Defeating the Measles Demon (Hashika taiji)


「痳疹退治(はしかたいじ)」
Utagawa Yoshifuji (Japanese, 1828–1889)
Publisher: Minatoya Kohei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.2 × 23.9 cm (13 7/8 × 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37336
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Tomizawa, Nishiki-e no chikara (2005), chart 11, #5, photo p. 119; Shibuya Kuritsu Shôtô Bijutsukan, Ukiyoeshitachi no shinbutsu (1999), #75
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.37336, 11.39750, *11.39770 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.41244
Signed Yoshifuji ga
芳藤画
Marks Censor's seal: Dog 7 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:戌七改
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.