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「子供あそび春の出そめ」
Fun for Children: Firefighters' Parade at New Year (Kodomo asobi haru no dazome)
「子供あそび春の出そめ」
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Enshûya Hikobei (Japanese)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Enshûya Hikobei (Japanese)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban hexaptych; 37.4 × 150.1 cm (14 3/4 × 59 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16395-400
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionHexaptych: 11.16395 (sheet 3 from right), 11.16396 (sheet 6), 11.16397 (sheet 2), 11.16398 (sheet 4), 11.16399 (sheet 1), 11.16400 (sheet 5)
Jointly published by Enshûya Hikobei (right half) and Iseya Kanekichi (left half).
Jointly published by Enshûya Hikobei (right half) and Iseya Kanekichi (left half).
Signed
Yoshitora ga (on first and fourth sheets from right)
芳虎画
芳虎画
Marks
Censor's seal: Boar 5 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Chô (on sheets 1, 4, and 6 from right)
改印：亥五改
彫師：片田彫長
Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Chô (on sheets 1, 4, and 6 from right)
改印：亥五改
彫師：片田彫長
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
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.