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「山海愛度図会 早く見たい 平戸鯨 二」
Wanting to See It Right Away (Hayaku mitai)/ Whale from Hirado (Hirado no kujira), from the series Auspicious Desires on Land and Sea (Sankai medetai zue)
「山海愛度図会 早く見たい 平戸鯨 二」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Other artist: Utagawa Yoshitori-jo (Japanese, 1839–about 1870)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Other artist: Utagawa Yoshitori-jo (Japanese, 1839–about 1870)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37 x 25.5 cm (14 9/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26013
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 401-0001; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 3 (1963), #3019; the series: Robinson, Kuniyoshi (1961), list #117
DescriptionNo. 02 in the series.
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (main design); Yoshitori ga (inset)
一勇斎国芳画（主絵） 芳とり画（挿入）
一勇斎国芳画（主絵） 芳とり画（挿入）
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 7
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：米良、渡辺、子七
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：米良、渡辺、子七
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.