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Album of nine small paintings: Daikoku, Radish, and Mice; Wrestling Match of Mice; Asahina Resting; Turtle Standing on Handscroll; Shôjô Resting by Sake Keg; Saigyô in Front of Mount Fuji; Chinese Man Startled by Giant Bamboo Shoot; Priest Frightened by Demon Kite; Man Trying to Catch Mouse

Manjisai Isshô (Japanese, dates unknown)
Japanese
Edo period--Meiji era

Medium/Technique Ink and color on paper
Dimensions 27.8 × 17 cm (10 15/16 × 6 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.9333
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsDrawingsAlbums

Signed Manjisai Isshô (on the last painting)
卍斎一昇
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

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.