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Samurai (Shi), from the series The Four Social Classes in Children's Games (Kodomo asobi shinôkôshô)


「子供遊士農工商 士」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Katôya Iwazô (Seibei) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1842 (Tenpô 13)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39.5 x 27.7 cm (15 9/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36515
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Iwakiri 2011, #234
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
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.