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「 おとり風俗」 菊慈童
Dance of the Chrysanthemum Boy (Kiku jidô), from the series ... Dance Styles (... odori fûzoku) [first word illegible]
「 おとり風俗」 菊慈童
Japanese
Edo period
about 1793 (Kansei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 23 x 17.9 cm (9 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19725
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #C3, pl. CXXI
DescriptionHirano reads the first word of the title as "wazaogi," an archaic word for "performance" or "performer."
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
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.