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「さんかい愛度図会 これが着たい 飛騨神通川鱒 廿三」
Wanting to Wear This (Kore ga kitai)/ Trout from the Jinzû River in Hida Province (Hida Jinzûgawa masu), from the series Auspicious Desires on Land and Sea (Sankai medetai zue)
「さんかい愛度図会 これが着たい 飛騨神通川鱒 廿三」
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), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.7 x 25 cm (14 7/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26003
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Nagoya City Mus., Takaki Shigeru Ukiyo-e Collection (2001), #209; the series: Robinson, Kuniyoshi (1961), list #117
DescriptionNo. 23 in the series.
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (main design); Yoshi-jo ga (inset)
一勇斎国芳画、よし女画
一勇斎国芳画、よし女画
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 8
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、村田、子八
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、村田、子八
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.