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「雷づくし 夕立の前ぶれ」 （太鼓を運ぶ雷を見る稲妻）
Prelude to a Thundershower (Yûdachi no maebure): Lightning Goddess Watching Thunder Gods Carry a Large Drum, from the series An Assortment of Thunder Gods (Kaminari zukushi)
「雷づくし 夕立の前ぶれ」 （太鼓を運ぶ雷を見る稲妻）
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
1842 (Tenpô 13)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal chûban; 18 x 24.9 cm (7 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21660
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Iwakiri, Kuniyoshi--Edo Culture (2013), #67 (intact sheet with 2 designs)
DescriptionFrom a series published with two horizontal chûban designs on each vertical ôban sheet. This design was the upper half of a sheet, with 11.21659 as the lower half.
Signed
Chôôrô Kuniyoshi giga
朝櫻楼国芳戯画
朝櫻楼国芳戯画
Marks
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
版元：なし
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
版元：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.
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.