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「本朝振袖之始 素盞鳥尊妖怪降伏之図」
In the Play Honchō Furisode no Hajime, Susanoo no mikoto Subdues the Monsters (Honchō furisode no hajime, Susanoo no mikoto yōkai kōfuku no zu)
「本朝振袖之始 素盞鳥尊妖怪降伏之図」
Katsushika Hokki (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ōban; 25.5 × 37 cm (10 1/16 × 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22746
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Original (?) version: Ishiguma, Namazu-e to Utagawa-ha (2026), p. 41; Ōta Mem. Mus., Edo yōkai dai zukan (2014), #82; Nat. Mus. of J. Hist., Nishiki-e wa ika ni tsukurareta ka (2009), #55; Minami, Edo no fūshiga (1997), pp. 182-4, fig. 45
DescriptionMFA impressions:
Original (?) version (1851): 11.22746, 11.45399.10
Catfish version (1855): 11.38591, 11.42100
Original (?) version (1851): 11.22746, 11.45399.10
Catfish version (1855): 11.38591, 11.42100
Signed
Edogawa Hokki ga
江戸川北輝画
江戸川北輝画
Marks
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
版元：なし
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
版元：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.