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Lifesized Dolls (Iki ningyô)


生人形
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.3 x 25.5 cm (14 11/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.28709
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné http://blog.livedoor.jp/misemono/archives/cat_50049065.html; Ono, Misemono fûzoku zushi (1977), p. 377; another print of the same subject, p. 148
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.28709, 11.28710
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 4
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、卯四
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.