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狂斎百図 「餅はもちや」「てふちんで餅ヲつく」
The Best Mochi [Ricecakes] Are Made by Mochi Specialists (Mochi wa mochiya), Pounding Mochi Dough with a Lantern (Chôchin de mochi o tsuku), from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu)
狂斎百図 「餅はもちや」「てふちんで餅ヲつく」
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); 18.5 x 12.6 cm (7 5/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36979
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kaikan sanjû shûnen kinen Kawanabe Kyôsai kinen bijutsukan cat. (2008), p. 103, #0783 (sheet of 4); Tokita, E de tanoshimu Edo no kotowaza (2005), color plate (p. ii) and p. 175 (detail)
DescriptionMFA impressions:
Uncut sheet: 11.45393.17
Right side only: 11.36979
Left side only: 11.22642, 11.36986
Uncut sheet: 11.45393.17
Right side only: 11.36979
Left side only: 11.22642, 11.36986
Signed
Kyôsai zu
狂斎図
狂斎図
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.