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Reining in a Rearing Ox


走る牛を止める
Utagawa Kunikane (Japanese, active 1820s)
Japanese
Edo period
1820s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri with usuzumi); ink on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 23 x 17.8 cm (9 1/16 x 7 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20651
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kunikane ga
国兼画
Marks No censor's seal
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.