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（かちかひ山ちょんちょん幕）引返狸之忍田妻 狸と老婆
The Old Woman and the Tanuki, from the book (Kachi-kachi yama chonchon maku) Hikkaeshi tanuki no Shinoda-zuma
（かちかひ山ちょんちょん幕）引返狸之忍田妻 狸と老婆
Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739–1820)
Japanese
Edo period
1789 (Tenmei 9/Kansei 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
21.7 x 13 cm (8 9/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20026
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
The book: Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 6 (1990), p. 770
DescriptionPossibly a print based on the book illustration rather than a page from the book itself.
Signed
Kitao Shigemasa ga
北尾重政画
北尾重政画
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.
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.