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梵天国
The Land of Brahma (Bondengoku)
梵天国
Japanese
Edo period
about 1706 (Hôei 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (tan-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color
Dimensions
Vertical ôôban; 58.2 x 33 cm (22 15/16 x 13 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5424
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Thompson, in Spaulding Collection meisakusen (2009), pp. 184-205, fig. 66; Ukiyo-e shûka 1 (1983), pl. 6; Ukiyo-e taisei 2 (1931), #295
DescriptionThe play was produced in 1701 and 1706; this print was probably made for the 1706 production. For the program book of the 1701 production, see 2006.1813. The MFA also has a picture scroll in two handscrolls (11.6385 and 11.6389) and a painted book of the Nara ehon type (11.6627) depicting the same story.
Signed
Torii Kiyomasu
鳥居清倍
鳥居清倍
Marks
Artist's seal: Kiyomasu
ProvenanceFormerly in the Sumitomo collection; June 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.