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Mongaku Shōnin at the Nachi Waterfall, from the series Grateful Thanks for Answered Prayers: Waterfall-striped Fabrics (Daigan jōju arigatakijima)


「大願成就有ヶ滝縞」文覚上人
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburō (Dansendō) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Fusajirō (Horikō Fusajirō, Hori Fusa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpō 14–Kōka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ōban; 36 x 24.7 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36342
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Iwakiri 2011, #196; the series: Robinson, Kuniyoshi (1961), list #111
DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.28890 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.36342
Signed Chōōrō Kuniyoshi ga
朝櫻楼国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: Hama
Blockcutter's mark: Horikō Fusajirō
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.