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A Temple Bell and a Paper Lantern (Chôchin ni tsurigane), Three People Together Are as Wise as the Bodhisattva Monju (Sannin sureba Monju no chie), from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu)


狂斎百図 「てふちんにつり鐘」「三人すれば文殊ノ知恵」
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); 18.7 x 12.7 cm (7 3/8 x 5 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36976
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kaikan sanjû shûnen kinen Kawanabe Kyôsai kinen bijutsukan cat. (2008), p. 103, #0793 (sheet of 4)
DescriptionMFA impressions:
Uncut sheet: 11.45393.2
Right side only: 11.36978
Left side only: 11.36976
Signed Unsigned
無款
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
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.