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A Well Overflowing with Gold (Kane no waku ido): Daikoku and Ebisu


「金のわく井戸」 大黒、恵比寿
Utagawa Kunimori II (Japanese, active about 1840–60)
Publisher: Tsujiya Yasubei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 23.6 cm (14 3/8 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36784
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ichiryûsai Kunimori ga
一竜斎国盛画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 10
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、辰十
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.