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「絵兄弟みちびき廿四考 朱寿昌（しゆじゆしやう）」
Zhu Shouchang (Shu Jushô), from the series The Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety Explained with Matching Pictures (E kyôdai michibiki nijûshi kô)
「絵兄弟みちびき廿四考 朱寿昌（しゆじゆしやう）」
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.3 x 25.5 cm (14 11/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25976
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
The series: Robinson, Kuniyoshi (1961), list #122
DescriptionZhu Shouchang travelled throughout China in search of his lost mother and finally found her again after over 50 years.
Signed
Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga
朝櫻楼国芳画
朝櫻楼国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Fu
No blockcutter's mark
改印：普
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：普
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.