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Xu You (Kyoyû) Washing His Ear, from the series Grateful Thanks for Answered Prayers: Waterfall-striped Fabrics (Daigan jôju arigatakijima)


「大願成就有ヶ滝縞」 許由
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburō (Dansendō) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Fusajirô (Horikô Fusajirô, Hori Fusa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.4 x 25.2 cm (14 5/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36339
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Suzuki 1992, #252; the series: Robinson, Kuniyoshi (1961), list #111
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.28892, 11.36339
Signed Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga
朝櫻楼国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: Hama
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Fusajirô
改印:浜
彫師:彫工房次郎
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.