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「列女お竹ハ大日如来の化身にて衆生さいどのため御経読誦之図」
The Virtuous Woman Otake, an Avatar of Dainichi Nyorai, Reads the Sutras for the Salvation of All Beings (Retsujo Otake wa Dainichi Nyorai no keshin ni te shujô saido no tame onkyô dokuju no zu)
「列女お竹ハ大日如来の化身にて衆生さいどのため御経読誦之図」
Japanese
Edo period
1849 (Kaei 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.4 x 50.1 cm (14 5/16 x 19 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36771a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôta Mem. Mus., Warau ukiyo-e (2013), #150; Shibuya Kuritsu Shôtô Bijutsukan, Ukiyoeshitachi no shinbutsu (1999), #89
Signed
Toyokuni monjin Kunimaro ga (on right sheet), Ichiensai Kunimaro ga (on left sheet)
豊国門人国麿画 一円斎国麿画
豊国門人国麿画 一円斎国麿画
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
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.