Quick Lessons in Comic Drawing (Kyôga sôgaku)
「狂画早学」
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 5th month
Artist Unknown, Japanese, Publisher Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36 x 26.5 cm (14 3/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Accession Number
11.42026
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Inscription
Poem: Doko made mo/ ... hibari no/ ...
Signed
Unsigned
無款
Markings
Censor's seal: Hare 5 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：卯五改
彫師：なし
Provenance
By 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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection