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Flowers of Edo, the Best in Spinning Tops (Edo no hana, ichiryû magarikoma): Acrobat Takezawa Tôji and His Son (Segare) Takezawa Manji


「江戸の花 一流曲独楽 竹沢藤次 竹沢万次」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Sanoya Ichigorô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 24.1 cm (14 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36741
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné http://blog.livedoor.jp/misemono/archives/cat_50048967.html; Ono, Misemono fûzoku zushi (1977), p. 4
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印:吉村
彫師:なし
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.