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魚尽くし かさご、いさき、薑
Scorpionfish, Isaki, and Ginger, from an untitled series known as Large Fish
魚尽くし かさご、いさき、薑
Japanese
Edo period
about 1832–33 (Tenpô 3–4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 24.5 × 35.7 cm (9 5/8 × 14 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17186
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mann, Sixty Years (2021), #118.13; Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1998), #113; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 243, horizontal ôban #91.3; Tanba 1965, #425
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.2570, 11.17186, 11.17187, 21.9613
Poems translated in Mann, Sixty Years with Japanese Prints (2021), p. 308.
The first edition of this series was privately printed in the form of a kyôka poetry album in the orihon format, with ten illustrated sheets and four sheets of text only. Soon afterward, the blocks were reused for commercial prints, with the publisher's mark and censor's kiwame seal added (and in a few cases, different poems). One additional design, the trout, was included in the commercial series; and another nine designs were added still later by a different publisher. For a full reproduction and detailed discussion of the first edition, see Mann 2021, pp. 290-311.
Poems translated in Mann, Sixty Years with Japanese Prints (2021), p. 308.
The first edition of this series was privately printed in the form of a kyôka poetry album in the orihon format, with ten illustrated sheets and four sheets of text only. Soon afterward, the blocks were reused for commercial prints, with the publisher's mark and censor's kiwame seal added (and in a few cases, different poems). One additional design, the trout, was included in the commercial series; and another nine designs were added still later by a different publisher. For a full reproduction and detailed discussion of the first edition, see Mann 2021, pp. 290-311.
Signed
Ichiryûsai Hiroshige ga
一立斎広重画
一立斎広重画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
InscriptionsPoems by Toshinosha Tomiharu and Sôshû Fujisawa Morifushitei Satobito (Morifushitei Satobito of Fujisawa in Sagami Province)
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.