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The Yam-eating Bishop Preaches to the Fish (Imokui Sôjô uo seppô)


「芋喰僧正魚説法」
Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.9 × 49.4 cm (14 1/8 × 19 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41219a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Konishi, Nishiki-e Bakumatsu Meiji no rekishi 1 (1977), pp. 80-1
DescriptionRefers to the cholera epidemic.
Signed Ikkeisai Yoshiiku giga (on each sheet)
一恵斎芳幾戯画
Marks Censor's seal: Goat 12 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:未十二改
彫師: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: 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.