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「大地震妖怪神宮退治之図」
Monsters of the Great Earthquake Vanquished by the Gods (Dai jishin yôkai shingû taiji no zu)
「大地震妖怪神宮退治之図」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1855 (Ansei 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 24.3 x 35 cm (9 9/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42100
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Catfish version: Nat. Mus. of J. Hist., Nishiki-e wa ika ni tsukurareta ka (2009), ref. photo p. 31 (with Hokki signature); Shibuya Kuritsu Shôtô Bijutsukan, Ukiyoeshitachi no shinbutsu (1999), #125 (with signature)
DescriptionMFA impressions:
Original (?) version (1851): 11.22746, 11.45399.10
Catfish version (1855): 11.38591, 11.42100
Original (?) version (1851): 11.22746, 11.45399.10
Catfish version (1855): 11.38591, 11.42100
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無款
無款
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.