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Bôtarô's Nurse Otsuji, from the series Grateful Thanks for Answered Prayers: Waterfall-striped Fabrics (Daigan jôju arigatakijima)


「大願成就有ヶ滝縞」 坊太郎乳母お辻
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô) (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 x 24.6 cm (14 3/16 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36341
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Nagoya City Mus., Takaki Shigeru Ukiyo-e Collection (2001), #204; Schaap, Heroes and Ghosts (1998), #125; the series: Robinson, Kuniyoshi (1961), list #111
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: Hama
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜
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.