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In the Play Honchô Furisode no Hajime, Susanoo no mikoto Subdues the Monsters (Honchô furisode no hajime, Susanoo no mikoto yôkai kôfuku no zu)


「本朝振袖之始 素盞鳥尊妖怪降伏之図」
Katsushika Hokki (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 37 x 25.5 cm (14 9/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22746
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Original (?) version: Ôta Mem. Mus., Edo yôkai dai zukan (2014), #82; Nat. Mus. of J. Hist., Nishiki-e wa ika ni tsukurareta ka (2009), #55; Minami, Edo no fûshiga (1997), pp. 182-4, fig. 45
DescriptionMFA impressions:
Original (?) version (1851): 11.22746, 11.45399.10
Catfish version (1855): 11.38591, 11.42100
Signed Edogawa Hokki ga
江戸川北輝画
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.