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「山海愛度図絵 えりをぬきたい 遠江須之股川鰾 丗八」
Wanting to Tweeze the Nape of the Neck (Eri o nukitai)/ Air Bladders of Fish from the Sunomata RIver in Tôtômi Province (Tôtômi Sunomatagawa fue), from the series Auspicious Desires on Land and Sea (Sankai medetai zue)
「山海愛度図絵 えりをぬきたい 遠江須之股川鰾 丗八」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Other artist: Utagawa Yoshitori-jo (Japanese, 1839–about 1870)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Other artist: Utagawa Yoshitori-jo (Japanese, 1839–about 1870)
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; 36.6 x 25.9 cm (14 7/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25996
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 005-0922; Hiraki Ukiyo-e Foundation, Nyan to mo neko darake/ Cats of Many Varieties (2012), #23; Suzuki 1992, #271; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 3 (1963), #3011; the series: Robinson, Kuniyoshi (1961), list #117
DescriptionNo. 38 in the series.
MFA impressions: 11.25996, *11.28682 (deaccessioned in 2019)
MFA impressions: 11.25996, *11.28682 (deaccessioned in 2019)
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (main design); Tori ga (inset)
一勇斎国芳画（主絵） とり画（挿入）
一勇斎国芳画（主絵） とり画（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.