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Great Elephant from Central India (Chû Tenjiku kudari dai zô no zu)


「中天竺下り大象之図」
Utagawa Yoshimori (Japanese, 1830–1884)
Publisher: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 25 cm (14 1/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37294
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné http://blog.livedoor.jp/misemono/archives/cat_50049158.html
Signed Yoshimori ga
芳盛画
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 4 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:亥四改
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.