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「童戯武者尽」 鬼に豆を売る金時（上） 「童戯武者尽」 矢場に那須の与一（下）
Kintoki Selling Beans to Demons (top) and Nasu no Yoichi in an Archery Gallery (bottom), from the series A Collection of Warriors for the Amusement of Children (Dôgi musha zukushi)
「童戯武者尽」 鬼に豆を売る金時（上） 「童戯武者尽」 矢場に那須の与一（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; 36.1 x 25.1 cm (14 3/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17217
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hiraki Mus., Hiroshige no giga (2023), #s 112-3; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 235, horizontal chûban #30.5 (top) and #30.19 (bottom)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.17217 (uncut sheet), 21.6575 (upper half only), 21.6576 (lower half only)
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.