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「縞揃女弁慶（しまぞろひおんあべんけい）」 鏡の鯉つかみ
Pocket Mirror Suggesting the Fight with the Giant Carp, from the series Women in Benkei-checked Fabrics (Shimazoroi onna Benkei)
「縞揃女弁慶（しまぞろひおんあべんけい）」 鏡の鯉つかみ
Japanese
Edo period
about 1844 (Tenpô 15/Kôka 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 24.8 cm (14 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36357
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #115; Schaap, Heroes and Ghosts (1998), #135; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 3 (1963), #2995
DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.28695 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.36357
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Hama
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜
彫師：なし
InscriptionsPoem by Ryûkatei Tanekazu
其頃はまた鬼若の小弁けい
明石ちゝみも近き書写寺
柳下亭 種員
其頃はまた鬼若の小弁けい
明石ちゝみも近き書写寺
柳下亭 種員
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.