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鯉 (張交)
Katsushika Taito II (Japanese, active about 1810–1853)
Publisher: Echigoya Chôhachi
Japanese
Edo period
about 1830–44 (Tenpô era)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Harimaze, cut from vertical ôban sheet; 35.4 x 16.5 cm (13 15/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30364
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e taikei 8 (Hokusai, 1975), #273 (uncut sheet)
DescriptionFrom a vertical ôban sheet divided vertically into two harimaze panels: the carp to the right, and calligraphy in relief, in the manner of a rubbing, to the left.

MFA impressions: 06.1306, 11.30364, 21.10214, 21.10215
Signed Katsushika Taito
葛飾戴斗
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.