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Laughing Demoness (Warai Hannya), from the series One Hundred Ghost Stories (Hyaku monogatari)


「百物語 笑いはんにや」
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1831–32 (Tenpô 2–3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 26.9 x 19.3 cm (10 9/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20440
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Hokusai (2013), #98; TNM, Hokusai (2005), #387; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 227, vertical chûban #25.1
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.20440, 21.10237
Signed Saki no Hokusai hitsu
前北斎筆
Marks No censor's seal
改印: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: 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.