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「曲結稚画手本（きょくむすびをさなゑてほん）」 五だんめ 等
Act V of Chûshingura and others, from the series A Children's Handbook of String Pictures (Kyokumusubi osana tehon)
「曲結稚画手本（きょくむすびをさなゑてほん）」 五だんめ 等
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.3 x 24.5 cm (13 7/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37168
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Salter, Japanese Popular Prints (2006), p. 132, fig. 136; Bakumatsu Meiji no tensai eshi Kawanabe Kyôsai ten (1998), #108; Oikawa, Clark & Forrer, Comic Genius: Kawanabe Kyôsai/Kyôsai giga kyôga ten (1996), #141; Inagaki, Edo no asobi-e (1988), #176
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.36773, 11.37168
Other prints in the series: 11.36774, 11.36775
Other prints in the series: 11.36774, 11.36775
Signed
Ôju Seisei Chikamaro
応需惺々周麿
応需惺々周麿
Marks
Censor's seal: Boar 9 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：亥九改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：亥九改
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.