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狂斎百図 「くらやみから牛を引き出ス」 「女さかしくして牛売そこのふ」
Pulling the Ox Out of the Darkness (Kurayami kara ushi o hikidasu), Even a Clever Woman Will Lose When She Sells an Ox (Onna sakashiku shite ushiuri sokonou), from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu)
狂斎百図 「くらやみから牛を引き出ス」 「女さかしくして牛売そこのふ」
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
Vertical yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 17.3 × 11.2 cm (6 13/16 × 4 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45800.50
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kaikan sanjû shûnen kinen Kawanabe Kyôsai kinen bijutsukan cat. (2008), p. 103, #0785 (sheet of 4)
DescriptionMFA impressions:
Uncut sheet: 11.45393.18
Right side only: 11.22649, 11.37041, 11.45800.50
Left side only: 11.22659, 11.37019, 11.45800.35
Uncut sheet: 11.45393.18
Right side only: 11.22649, 11.37041, 11.45800.50
Left side only: 11.22659, 11.37019, 11.45800.35
Signed
Kyôsai ga
狂斎画
狂斎画
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.