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「妙でんす十六利勘（じうろくりかん） 迷者損者（まよふハそんじや）」
Saint Mayouwa Says Indecisiveness Is Unprofitable (Mayou wa son ja), No. 16 from the series Sixteen Wonderful Considerations of Profit (Myô densu jûroku rikan)
「妙でんす十六利勘（じうろくりかん） 迷者損者（まよふハそんじや）」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845 (Kôka 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 24.9 cm (14 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36317
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Schaap, Heroes and Ghosts (1998), #140; the series: Robinson, Kuniyoshi (1961), list #103
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi giga
一勇斎国芳戯画
一勇斎国芳戯画
Marks
Censor's seal: Murata
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：村田
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：村田
彫師：なし
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)
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.