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「縞揃女弁慶（しまぞろひおんあべんけい）」 砥の自剃
Whetstone Suggesting the Tonsure, 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）」 砥の自剃
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ibaya Kyûbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Sugawa Renkichi (Japanese)
Publisher: Ibaya Kyûbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Sugawa Renkichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1844 (Tenpô 15/Kôka 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.6 x 24.3 cm (14 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36361
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #116; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 3 (1963), #2992
DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.28694 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.36361
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Hama
Blockcutter's mark: Renkichi Horikô
改印：浜
彫師：廉吉彫工
Blockcutter's mark: Renkichi Horikô
改印：浜
彫師：廉吉彫工
Inscriptions宝珠亭舟唄
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.