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「火性の人うけに入 十一月六日子の時」 福助のかるわざ
People Born in Fire Signs Enter a Lucky Cycle on the 6th Day of the 11th Month, at the Hour of the Rat (Kasei no hito uke ni iru, jûichigatsu muika ne no toki): Fukusuke as Three Acrobats Forming the Syllable "Fu"
「火性の人うけに入 十一月六日子の時」 福助のかるわざ
Utagawa Kunimaro I (Japanese, active about 1850–1875)
Publisher: Jôshûya Jûzô / Jûbei (Kinjûdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Jôshûya Jûzô / Jûbei (Kinjûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.6 x 24.2 cm (14 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22661
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionAccording to yin-yang divination (onmyôdô), luck followed a cycle of seven good years and then five bad years, according to one's year of birth. The ages of people in the lucky category are listed.
Signed
Shôchôrô Kunimaro ga
松蝶楼国麿画
松蝶楼国麿画
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 7
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺、子七
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺、子七
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.