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狂斎百図 「鰯のあたまもしんじから」 「娘一人に婿八人」
Even a Sardine Head Will Protect Those Who Truly Believe (Iwashi no atama mo shinji[n] kara), Eight Suitors for One Daughter (Musume hitori ni muko hachinin), from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu)
狂斎百図 「鰯のあたまもしんじから」 「娘一人に婿八人」
Kawanabe Kyôsai (Japanese, 1831–1889)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 18.8 x 12.7 cm (7 3/8 x 5 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37035
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kaikan sanjû shûnen kinen Kawanabe Kyôsai kinen bijutsukan cat. (2008), p. 102, #0774 (sheet of 4)
DescriptionMFA impressions:
Uncut sheet: 11.45393.22
Right side only: 11.37035, 11.45800.46
Left side only: 11.22651, 11.37020
Uncut sheet: 11.45393.22
Right side only: 11.37035, 11.45800.46
Left side only: 11.22651, 11.37020
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
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
版元：なし
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.
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.