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「山海めでたい図会 よい夢でも見たい 上州霞網鳧 四」
Wanting to Have a Good Dream (Yoi yume de mo mitai)/ Duck Caught in Nets in Kôzuke Province (Jôshû kasumiami kamo), from the series Auspicious Desires on Land and Sea (Sankai medetai zue)
「山海めでたい図会 よい夢でも見たい 上州霞網鳧 四」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Other artist: Utagawa Yoshitori-jo (Japanese, 1839–about 1870)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Other artist: Utagawa Yoshitori-jo (Japanese, 1839–about 1870)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 34.6 x 24.8 cm (13 5/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29059
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mueller et al., Competition and Collaboration (2007), #151; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 3 (1963), #3012; the series: Robinson, Kuniyoshi (1961), list #117
DescriptionNo. 04 in the series.
MFA impressions: 11.26012, 11.28675, 11.29059
MFA impressions: 11.26012, 11.28675, 11.29059
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (main design); Yoshitori ga (inset)
一勇斎国芳画 芳とり画
一勇斎国芳画 芳とり画
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 7
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：米良、渡辺、子七
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：米良、渡辺、子七
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.