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「山海愛度図会 はやくひらかせたい 備中盆岩 四十壱」
Wanting to Make It Bloom Sooner (Hayaku hirakasetai)/ Rocks for Tray Landscapes from Bitchû Province (Bitchû bongan), from the series Auspicious Desires on Land and Sea (Sankai medetai zue)
「山海愛度図会 はやくひらかせたい 備中盆岩 四十壱」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Other artist: Utagawa Yoshi-jo (Japanese, 1842–about 1885)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Other artist: Utagawa Yoshi-jo (Japanese, 1842–about 1885)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.1 x 25.8 cm (14 5/8 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25994
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 005-0924, 401-0058; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 3 (1963), #3013; the series: Robinson, Kuniyoshi (1961), list #117
DescriptionNo. 41 in the series.
The signature "Daini" in the inset may refer to Kuniyoshi's second daughter, Yoshi-jo.
The signature "Daini" in the inset may refer to Kuniyoshi's second daughter, Yoshi-jo.
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (main design); Daini ga (inset)
一勇斎国芳画（主絵） 大ニ画（挿入）
一勇斎国芳画（主絵） 大ニ画（挿入）
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 12
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：衣笠、村田、子十二
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：衣笠、村田、子十二
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.