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狂斎百図 「蛙の児はかへるとなる」 「かゑるのつらへ水」
The Child of a Frog Becomes a Frog (Kaeru no ko wa kaeru to naru), Water on a Frog's Skin (Kaeru no tsura e mizu), from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu)
狂斎百図 「蛙の児はかへるとなる」 「かゑるのつらへ水」
Japanese
Edo period
1863–66 (Bunkyû 3–Keiô 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 18.5 x 12.6 cm (7 5/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22636
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kaikan sanjû shûnen kinen Kawanabe Kyôsai kinen bijutsukan cat. (2008), p. 102, #0778 (sheet of 4); Tokita, E de tanoshimu Edo no kotowaza (2005), p. 79
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.22636, 11.37038
Signed
Ôju Kyôsai
応需狂斎
応需狂斎
Marks
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
彫師：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.