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Wanting to Decide Right Away (Hayaku kimetai)/ Octopus from Takasago in Harima Province (Banshû Takasago tako), from the series Auspicious Desires on Land and Sea (Sankai medetai zue)


「山めでたいづえ はやくきめたい 播州高砂蛸 十九」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Other artist: Utagawa Yoshitori-jo (Japanese, 1839–about 1870)
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; 34.6 x 24.9 cm (13 5/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.28677
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 005-0920; Hiraki Ukiyo-e Foundation, Nyan to mo neko darake/ Cats of Many Varieties (2012), #85; Schaap, Heroes and Ghosts (1998), #152; the series: Robinson, Kuniyoshi (1961), list #117
DescriptionNo. 19 in the series.

MFA impressions: 11.26005, 11.28677, *11.28679 (deaccessioned in 2012)
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (main design); Tori-jo ga (inset)
一勇斎国芳画 とり女画
Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 8
No blockcutter's mark
改印:衣笠、村田、子八
彫師:なし
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.