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「百物語 笑いはんにや」
Laughing Demoness (Warai Hannya), from the series One Hundred Ghost Stories (Hyaku monogatari)
「百物語 笑いはんにや」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1831–32 (Tenpô 2–3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 26.9 x 19.3 cm (10 9/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20440
OUT ON LOAN
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Hokusai (2013), #98; TNM, Hokusai (2005), #387; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 227, vertical chûban #25.1
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.20440, 21.10237
Signed
Saki no Hokusai hitsu
前北斎筆
前北斎筆
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
改印：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.