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「印度船来象」
Elephant Brought by Ship from India (Indo senrai zô)
「印度船来象」
Utagawa Yoshikata (Japanese, active about 1841–1864)
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei) (Japanese)
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.4 x 24.7 cm (13 15/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37389
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
http://blog.livedoor.jp/misemono/archives/cat_50049158.html
Signed
Isshinsai Yoshikata zufu
一震斎芳形図布
一震斎芳形図布
Marks
Censor's seal: Boar 4 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：亥四改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：亥四改
彫師：なし
Inscriptions「古語に曰、象二十五才にして牙を生、三十才ニして変色、今来舶の象無牙ニして、色黒、古語に相違ありとも、是則三才成がゆへなるべし、今昔視こと猶後の今如視、写真製后生人間傳 桑国一震斎記」
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.