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「酔見八盃 きげん上戸」
The Jolly Drunk (Kigen jôgo), from the series Eight Views of Drunkards (Yômi happai)
「酔見八盃 きげん上戸」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1849–52 (Kaei 2–5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.9 x 24.8 cm (14 1/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36722
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôta Mem. Mus., Warau ukiyo-e (2013), #125; Kuniyoshi project db
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi giga
一勇斎国芳戯画
一勇斎国芳戯画
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
彫師：なし
InscriptionsFor a full transcription of the text (with many laughing noises, ahahaha!), see the Ôta Memorial Museum catalogue, Warau ukiyo-e, p. 180.
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.