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「童戯武者尽」 麦藁細工の店に鬼と大森彦七（上） 「童戯武者尽」 素戔嗚尊の蒲焼（下）
Ômori Hikoshichi and the Demon Shopping at a Straw-craft Shop (top) and Susanoo no Mikoto Selling Dragon-headed Eel (bottom), from the series A Collection of Comical Warriors (Dôke musha zukushi)
「童戯武者尽」 麦藁細工の店に鬼と大森彦七（上） 「童戯武者尽」 素戔嗚尊の蒲焼（下）
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Two horizontal chûban designs on uncut vertical ôban sheet; 36.2 x 25.1 cm (14 1/4 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17216
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hiraki Mus., Hiroshige no giga (2023), #s 118-9; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 235, horizontal chûban #30.03 (above) and #30.11 (below)
Signed
Hiroshige gihitsu (on each design)
広重戯筆
広重戯筆
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Tiger 12
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、寅十二
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、寅十二
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: 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.
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.