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とんだりはねたり鼠などの玩具 （絵暦）
Jumping Mouse and Other Toys; Calendar for 1804 (?)
とんだりはねたり鼠などの玩具 （絵暦）
Hasegawa Settan (Japanese, 1778–1843)
Japanese
Edo period
1804 (Kyôwa 4/Bunka 1) (?)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
9.2 x 11.2 cm (3 5/8 x 4 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30375
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionThe toy mouse on a bamboo mount intended to make it jump, and the boxed figurine of Daikoku, suggest a Year of the Rat. The figurine of a seated woman facing to the rear conceals the word "large" (the hairstyle) and the numbers 3, 6, 8, 10, and 11 or 12, with some other marks that are difficult to decipher. The best match seems to be 1804, a Year of the Rat, with long months 1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 11, and 12.
Signed
Ichiyôan zu
一陽庵図
一陽庵図
Marks
Artist's seal: kakihan
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.