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「流行三人生酔」
Three Tipsy People Nowadays (Ryûkô sannin namayoi)
「流行三人生酔」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1855 (Ansei 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 25.6 cm (14 1/2 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21963
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kaikan sanjû shûnen kinen Kawanabe Kyôsai kinen bijutsukan cat. (2008), p. 129, #1113; Tomizawa, Nishiki-e no chikara (2005), chart 4, #72, photo p. 89; Minami Kazuo, Ishin zen'ya no Edo shomin (1980), pp. 74-5
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.21963, 11.38648, 11.42040
Three types of drunks, at a banquet featuring a main dish of catfish, symbolize reactions to the earthquake: from right, the weepy drunk, the laughing drunk, and the angry drunk.
Three types of drunks, at a banquet featuring a main dish of catfish, symbolize reactions to the earthquake: from right, the weepy drunk, the laughing drunk, and the angry drunk.
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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.