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狂斎百図 「百物かたり」 「灰吹から大蛇」
One Hundred Ghost Stories (Hyaku monogatari) (R); A Serpent Comes Out of the Ash Container (Haifuki kara daija) (L); from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu)
狂斎百図 「百物かたり」 「灰吹から大蛇」
Kawanabe Kyôsai (Japanese, 1831–1889)
Japanese
Edo period
1863–66 (Bunkyû 3–Keiô 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Two vertical yotsugiri (quarter ôban) on uncut horizontal chûban sheet; 18.1 x 24 cm (7 1/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45393.5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kaikan sanjû shûnen kinen Kawanabe Kyôsai kinen bijutsukan cat. (2008), p. 103, #0789 (sheet of 4)
DescriptionMFA impressions:
Uncut sheet: 11.45393.5
Right side only: 11.37014
Left side only: 11.37004
Album containing 50 designs (half of the series?): 11.45393.1-25
Uncut sheet: 11.45393.5
Right side only: 11.37014
Left side only: 11.37004
Album containing 50 designs (half of the series?): 11.45393.1-25
Signed
Seisei Kyôsai ga (on right side), Seisei Kyôsai (on left side)
惺々狂斎画 惺々狂斎
惺々狂斎画 惺々狂斎
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.