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「よくきく薬種」
Effective Medicines (Yoku kiku yakushu): Battle of Medicines and Disease Demons
「よくきく薬種」
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.5 x 76.1 cm (14 3/4 x 29 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37172a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôta Mem. Mus., Edo yôkai dai zukan (2014), #80; Ôta Mem. Mus., Warau ukiyo-e (2013), #55; Dai yôkai ten (2000), #87
Signed
Kansai giga
関斎戯画
関斎戯画
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、村田
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、村田
彫師：なし
Inscriptions「前に出版せし売薬病闘争の戯画殊の外御意にかなひ依てそれにもれたる病ひ薬等猶画師の工夫をもって爰にあらハす尤其品あまたなれバ画表にのせ尽しがたく此余ハつゞいて発行の分にもらさず図するなりされども甲乙の違等ハよろしく御高覧の程希上候」
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.