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「雷つくし 雷きらひの鍾馗」
Zhong Kui (Shōki) Hates Thunder (Kaminari kirai no Shōki), from the series A Collection of Thunder Gods (Kaminari tsukushi)
「雷つくし 雷きらひの鍾馗」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal chūban; 17.5 x 25 cm (6 7/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21657
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Iwakiri, Kuniyoshi--Edo Culture (2013), #68 (intact sheet with 2 designs); Inagaki and Isao, Kuniyoshi no kyōga (1991), #174
DescriptionFrom a series published with two horizontal chūban designs on each vertical ōban sheet. This design was the lower half of a sheet, with 11.21656 as the upper half.
Signed
Chōōrō Kuniyoshi ga
朝櫻楼国芳画
朝櫻楼国芳画
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.