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碁盤人形 （複製）
Puppeteer Holding Puppet on Go Board
碁盤人形 （複製）
After: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Meiji-era copy of Edo-period design
1890s copy of 1820s design
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21.2 x 18.3 cm (8 3/8 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25211
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 2, List of surimono copies in square format, #102; the original: Chiba Museum, Edo no surimono (1997), #281; Bowie et al, Art of the Surimono (1979), #107
DescriptionGroup B copy.
MFA impressions, both reproductions: 11.25211, RES.53.136
MFA impressions, both reproductions: 11.25211, RES.53.136
Signed
Hokusai aratame Katsushika Iitsu hitsu
北斎改葛飾為一筆
北斎改葛飾為一筆
Marks
Blockcutter's mark: Edo Shiba Mankichi
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.