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Once upon a Time, Even Spending the Winter in a Demon's Cave... (Mukashi oni ga iwaya mo fuyu gomori): Five Boys around a Hibachi


「むかし鬼が岩屋も冬篭り」
Torii Kiyohiro (Japanese, active 1737–1776)
Publisher: Yamashiroya (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 40.7 x 29 cm (16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24
Accession Number54.342
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionThe mysterous title inscribed on the folding screen may be the begining of a story that the little boys are telling each other as they huddle around the brazier to stay warm on a winter day.
Signed Torii Kiyohiro hitsu
鳥居清広筆
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)