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I no Hayata Killing the Nue Monster


猪の早田の鵺退治
Artist unknown, Japanese
Attributed to: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
1765 (Meiwa 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 22.7 x 18.2 cm (8 15/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30132
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Suzuki Harunobu (exh. cat., 2017), #47; Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #038; Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 335; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), fig. 14 (WAM); Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #167, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 165
DescriptionNumbers for the long months appear on the warrior's clothing, and the short months on the monster's fur.
Signed Kyosen renjû Tôshô kô
巨川連中棟松工
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.