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狸の戯画 「狸のせんきもち（＝疝気持）」 「狸の七ふく神」
A Sick Tanuki (Tanuki no senkimochi) (T) and Tanuki as the Seven Gods of Good Fortune (Tanuki no Shichifukuijin) (B), from an untitled series of Tanuki (Raccoon-dogs)
狸の戯画 「狸のせんきもち（＝疝気持）」 「狸の七ふく神」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1843–44 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Two horizontal chûban on uncut vertical ôban sheet; 35.5 x 23.5 cm (14 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36668
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Inagaki and Isao, Kuniyoshi no kyôga (1991), #29; other prints in the series: Ôta Mem. Mus., Warau ukiyo-e (2013), #s 15-24
DescriptionIn Japanese folklore, the racoon-dog (tanuki) is said to have a magically expandable scrotum.
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
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.