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Mirror of Measles Treatments and Longevity (Hashika teate enju kagami)


「麻疹手当延寿鏡」
Ōsai Baiji (Japanese, active 1850s–60s)
Publisher: Etsuka (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chōjirō (Hori Chō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyū 2), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ōban diptych; 36.3 x 50.3 cm (14 5/16 x 19 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37207a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Tomizawa, Nishiki-e no chikara (2005), chart 11, #46, photo p. 137; Konishi, Nishiki-e Bakumatsu Meiji no rekishi 2 (1977), pp. 72-3
Signed Ōsai ga
鶯斎画
Marks Censor's seal: Dog 7 aratame
Bockcutter's mark: Fuka Hori Chō
改印:戌七改
彫師:深彫長
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.