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The Lone House (Hitotsuya no zu), from the series Selected Modern Lifesized Dolls (Tôsei mitate ningyô no uchi)


「当盛見立人形之内 一ツ家之図」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Honmo (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Sugawa Sennosuke (Hori Sennosuke) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.8 x 48.4 cm (14 1/2 x 19 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36477a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné http://blog.livedoor.jp/misemono/archives/cat_50049088.html; Iwakiri 2011, #400; Edo Tokyo Museum, Hakuran toshi Edo Tôkyô (1993), #1-76; Ono, Misemono fûzoku zushi (1977), p. 192
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 2
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Sen
改印:改、辰二
彫師:彫工千
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.