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「朝比奈義秀小人遊」
Asahina Yoshihide Playing with the Little People (Asahina Yoshihide kobito asobi)
「朝比奈義秀小人遊」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1839 (Tenpô 10)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 23.5 cm (14 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36728
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Iwakiri 2011, #303; Inagaki and Isao, Kuniyoshi no kyôga (1991), #62
DescriptionTitle at upper right edge, trimmed off of this impression.
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi giga
一勇斎国芳戯画
一勇斎国芳戯画
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.