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Wanting to See How One Looks (Sugata o mitai)/ Tie-dyed Fabric from Bungo Province (Bungo shiborizome), from the series Auspicious Desires on Land and Sea (Sankai medetai zue)


「山海愛度図会 すがたが見たい 豊後しばり染 五十五」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Other artist: Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tsuge Shôjirô (Hori Shôji) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 24.7 cm (14 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25986
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 401-0053; the series: Robinson, Kuniyoshi (1961), list #117
DescriptionNo. 55 in the series.
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (main design); Yoshiiku ga (inset)
一勇斎国芳画、芳幾画
Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 12
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Shôji
Artist's seal: kiri
改印:衣笠、村田、子十二
彫師:彫庄治
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.