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「百器夜行」
Night Procession of One Hundred Demonic Objects (Hyakki yagyô)
「百器夜行」
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.1 x 53 cm (14 3/16 x 20 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37593a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôta Mem. Mus., Edo yôkai dai zukan (2014), #71; Ôta Mem. Mus., Warau ukiyo-e (2013), #53; Inagaki, Edo no asobi-e (1988), #58
Signed
Ôju Kaisai Yoshitoshi sha
応需魁斎芳年写
応需魁斎芳年写
Marks
Censor's seal: Ox 9 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：丑九改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：丑九改
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.
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.