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Calligraphy, by Chinzan (top right), Daikoku and Mice Playing Tag with a Cat, by Kyôsai (top left); Naval Landing Party, by Hiroshige (bottom); from an untitled harimaze series


書、大黒と鼠と猫のところ遊び、海軍の上陸部隊
Calligrapher: Ônuma Chinzan (Japanese, 1818–91)
Kawanabe Kyôsai (Japanese, 1831–1889)
Utagawa Hiroshige III (Japanese, 1842–1894)
Publisher: Mizuno Keijirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1878 (Meiji 11), June 7

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban (harimaze); 36 x 24.2 cm (14 3/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37212
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kaikan sanjû shûnen kinen Kawanabe Kyôsai kinen bijutsukan cat. (2008), p. 114, #0917
Signed Ryûsai (below); Seisei Kyôsai (upper left)
立斎、惺々狂斎
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.