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狂斎百図 「ぶたのかるわざ」
Acrobatics by Pigs (Buta no karuwaza), from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu)
狂斎百図 「ぶたのかるわざ」
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 12.7 cm (7 5/16 x 5 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37008
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kaikan sanjû shûnen kinen Kawanabe Kyôsai kinen bijutsukan cat. (2008), p. 103, #0785 (sheet of 4)
DescriptionMFA impressions:
Uncut sheet: 11.45393.16
Right side only: 11.37008
Left side only: 11.37001
Uncut sheet: 11.45393.16
Right side only: 11.37008
Left side only: 11.37001
Signed
Kyôsai
狂斎
狂斎
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.