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生人形
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
Lifesized Dolls (Iki ningyô)
生人形
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36 x 25.8 cm (14 3/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.28710
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
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
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
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.
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.