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狂斎百図 「あたまかくして尻かくさず」
Hiding the Head But Not the Butt (Atama kakushite, shiri kakusazu), from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu)
狂斎百図 「あたまかくして尻かくさず」
Kawanabe Kyôsai (Japanese, 1831–1889)
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 18.6 x 12.6 cm (7 5/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36981
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Osaka City Mus., Edo no giga (2018), #227; Kaikan sanjû shûnen kinen Kawanabe Kyôsai kinen bijutsukan cat. (2008), p. 103, #0791 (sheet of 4); Oikawa, Clark & Forrer, Comic Genius: Kawanabe Kyôsai/Kyôsai giga kyôga ten (1996), #122-8
DescriptionMFA impressions:
Uncut sheet: 11.45393.23
Right side only: 11.22657, 11.36975, 11.45800.32
Left side only: 11.22648, 11.36981, 11.45800.52
Uncut sheet: 11.45393.23
Right side only: 11.22657, 11.36975, 11.45800.32
Left side only: 11.22648, 11.36981, 11.45800.52
Signed
Kyôsai
狂斎
狂斎
Marks
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
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.