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The Ninth Month (Kikuzuki): Hotei and Chinese Child, from an untitled series of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune in the Twelve Months


七福神の十二月 「菊月」 布袋と唐子
Morino Sôgyoku (Japanese, active about 1764–1772)
Publisher: Urokogataya Magobei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 14.9 x 16 cm (5 7/8 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20100
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Mori Sô ga
森宗画
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.