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狂斎百図 「地獄ノ休日」
Holiday in Hell (Jigoku no kyûjitsu), from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu)
狂斎百図 「地獄ノ休日」
Kawanabe Kyôsai (Japanese, 1831–1889)
Japanese
Edo period
1863–66 (Bunkyû 3–Keiô 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 18.4 x 12.7 cm (7 1/4 x 5 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36967
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
King Enma takes a break from his job as judge and torturer to party with the Hag of Hell and the bodhisattva Jizō, while the souls of little children play with the demons.
Catalogue Raisonné
Sadamura, Kawanabe Kyôsai no chôsen (2023), #140; Kaikan sanjû shûnen kinen Kawanabe Kyôsai kinen bijutsukan cat. (2008), p. 102, #0780 (sheet of 4)
Signed
Seisei Kyôsai
惺々狂斎
惺々狂斎
Marks
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
版元：なし
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
版元：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.