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大黒と大根
Daikoku and Giant Radish
大黒と大根
Katsushika Hokuga (Japanese, active about 1804–1844)
Japanese
Edo period
1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Harimaze, cut from vertical ôban sheet; 16.1 x 24.9 cm (6 5/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25442
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 2 (1982), #461 (uncut sheet)
DescriptionFrom a sheet of three images: Daikoku and radish (top), kappa and cucumber (bottom right), and calligraphy (bottom left). Publisher's mark (Echigoya Chôhachi) and censor's seal in top margin, cut off of this impression.
Signed
Hokuga
北雅
北雅
Marks
Censor's seal: (kiwame; cut off of this impression)
改印：（極）
改印：（極）
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.