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上 「実語教 狂画童学」 「雖出貧賤門 為有智人者」 「宛如泥中蓮」 下 「実語教 狂画童学」 「父母如天地 師君如日月」
Text Excerpts [18?] (above) and [19?] (below), from the series The Jitsugokyô, a Primer for Children in Comical Pictures (Jitsugokyô kyôga dôgaku)
上 「実語教 狂画童学」 「雖出貧賤門 為有智人者」 「宛如泥中蓮」 下 「実語教 狂画童学」 「父母如天地 師君如日月」
Japanese
Edo period
1842 (Tenpô 13)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Two horizontal chûban on uncut vertical ôban sheet; 35.5 x 24 cm (14 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36673
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Description「雖出貧賤門 為有智人者」 貧賤の門（かど）を出づると雖も 智有る人の為にハ
「宛如泥中蓮」 あたかも泥中の蓮（はちす）の如し
「父母如天地 師君如日月」 父母ハ天地の如く 師君ハ日月の如し
「宛如泥中蓮」 あたかも泥中の蓮（はちす）の如し
「父母如天地 師君如日月」 父母ハ天地の如く 師君ハ日月の如し
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each design)
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.