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「吉例暫」 「四民不動礎（よつのたみうこかぬいしずへ）」 （鯰絵）
The Auspicious Custom of Shibaraku Scenes (Kichirei shibaraku): A Firm Foundation for the Four Social Classes (Yotsu no tami ugokanu ishizue)
「吉例暫」 「四民不動礎（よつのたみうこかぬいしずへ）」 （鯰絵）
Japanese
Edo period
about 1855 (Ansei 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 27.4 x 36 cm (10 13/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38589
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôkubo, Namazu-e (Nat'l. Mus. of J. History, 2021), #122; Tomizawa, Nishiki-e no chikara (2005), chart 4, #77, photo p. 90
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.35939, 11.35940, 11.38589
A shibaraku scene with the Four Scary Things (thunderstorm, fire, earthquake, and strict father).
A shibaraku scene with the Four Scary Things (thunderstorm, fire, earthquake, and strict father).
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
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.