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「巳なるかね （＝巳成金）」 巳の年の不忍弁財天
The Minarukane Festival of Benzaiten (Minarukane): The Benten Shrine in Shinobazu Pond, in the Year of the Snake
「巳なるかね （＝巳成金）」 巳の年の不忍弁財天
Japanese
Edo period
1845 (Kôka 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 10.7 x 15 cm (4 3/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22927
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionThe Minarukane Festival, held on a Day of the Snake in the 9th month at shrines dedicated to the goddess Benzaiten (whose sacred animal is the snake), is said to be the luckiest day of the year for financial matters.
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
Marks
Censor's seal: Mura
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：村
彫師：なし
版元：なし
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：村
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.