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狂斎百図 「柿の曲食」
The Acrobatic Way to Eat Persimmons (Kaki no kyokukui), from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu)
狂斎百図 「柿の曲食」
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 Number11.37021
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kaikan sanjû shûnen kinen Kawanabe Kyôsai kinen bijutsukan cat. (2008), p. 103, #0787 (sheet of 4); Oikawa, Clark & Forrer, Comic Genius: Kawanabe Kyôsai/Kyôsai giga kyôga ten (1996), #122-4; Oikawa and Yamaguchi, Kyôsai no giga (1992), #87
Signed
Ôju Seisei Kyôsai
応需惺々狂斎
応需惺々狂斎
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.