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桃太郎の団子（上）、落ちた雷（下）
Momotarô Selling Dumplings (top), Fallen Thunder God (bottom), from an untitled series of humorous prints
桃太郎の団子（上）、落ちた雷（下）
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Two horizontal chûban designs on uncut vertical ôban sheet; 35.5 x 24.1 cm (14 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26360
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 235, horizontal chûban #38.4 (above) and #38.? (below)
Signed
Hiroshige gihitsu (on each design)
広重戯筆
広重戯筆
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.