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「百色面相」
One Hundred Facial Expressions (Hyakushoku mensô)
「百色面相」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1840 (Tenpô 11)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 25 x 35.5 cm (9 13/16 x 14 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42045
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Inagaki, "Kuniyoshi no hyakumensô," Ukiyo-e geijutsu 145 (2003), p. 70, fig. 2; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 11, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, II (1989), fig. 83
Signed
Chôôrô Kuniyoshi kyôga (at top, partly cut off)
朝櫻楼国芳狂画
朝櫻楼国芳狂画
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
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: 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.