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The Ôtsu-e Ballad of Longears and Spotty (Miminaga Buchihei Ôtsu-e bushi): Rabbits


「耳なが ぶち兵衛 大津 ゑふし」 (兎絵)
Utagawa Kunisada III (Kunimasa IV, Toyokuni V) (Japanese, 1848–1920)
Publisher: Gusokuya Kahei (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1873 (Meiji 6)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.1 x 25 cm (14 3/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36760
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kunimasa hitsu
国政筆
Marks No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印:なし
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.