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Comical Life of Sugawara Tenjin (Dôke Sugawara Tenjin ki)


「道戯菅原天神記」
Utagawa Yoshimori (Japanese, 1830–1884)
Publisher: Kogaya Katsugorô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.2 x 72.6 cm (13 7/8 x 28 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37284a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ikkôsai Yoshimori ga
一光斎芳盛画
Marks Censor's seal: Rat 8 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:子八改
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.