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「山海めで度図会 早く着てみたい 紀州熊野石苔 十八」
Wanting to Try It On Right Away (Hayaku kite mitai)/ Rock Moss from Kumano in Kii Province (Kishû Kumano sekitai), No. 18 from the series Auspicious Desires on Land and Sea (Sankai medetai zue)
「山海めで度図会 早く着てみたい 紀州熊野石苔 十八」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Other artist: Utagawa Yoshitori-jo (Japanese, 1839–about 1870)
Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô (Japanese)
Other artist: Utagawa Yoshitori-jo (Japanese, 1839–about 1870)
Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 24.8 cm (14 3/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26006
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionNo. 18 in the series.
MFA impressions: 11.26006, 11.28676
MFA impressions: 11.26006, 11.28676
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (main design); Otori ga (inset)
一勇斎国芳画（主絵） 於とり画（挿入）
一勇斎国芳画（主絵） 於とり画（挿入）
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 8
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：衣笠、村田、子八
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
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.