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「人形之図」 鏡山
Picture of Dolls (Ningyō no zu): Ladies Fencing in the Play Kagamiyama
「人形之図」 鏡山
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Mikawaya Tetsugorō (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tsuge Shōjirō (Hori Shōji) (Japanese)
Publisher: Mikawaya Tetsugorō (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tsuge Shōjirō (Hori Shōji) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ōban triptych; 36.2 x 73.4 cm (14 1/4 x 28 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36495a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Other prints of the same subject: Ono, Misemono fūzoku zushi (1977), p. 10 and p. 166
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.36495a-c, 11.39687a-c
Signed
Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 2
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Shōji
改印：改、辰二
彫師：彫庄治
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Shōji
改印：改、辰二
彫師：彫庄治
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.