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「和漢百物語 下部筆助」
The Servant Fudesuke (Shimobe Fudesuke), from the series One Hundred Ghost Stories from China and Japan (Wakan hyaku monogatari)
「和漢百物語 下部筆助」
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.3 x 24 cm (14 5/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37648
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Stevenson, Yoshitoshi's Strange Tales (2005), p. 76, #24; Ing & Schaap, Beauty & Violence (1992), #10.24 (no photo)
DescriptionText by Sankanjin Kôrai.
MFA impressions: 11.37648, 11.37769
MFA impressions: 11.37648, 11.37769
Signed
Yoshitoshi ga
芳年画
芳年画
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.