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Good (above): A Son Who Puts His Family First (Ie o taisetsu suru musuko); Evil (below): A Son Who Loses the Family Fortune (Iekura o ushinau musuko); from the series Lessons in Good and Evil Through Pictures (Kyôkun zen'aku zukai)


「教訓善悪図解 家を大切(たいせつ)にする息子(むすこ)」(善) 「教訓善悪図解 家蔵(いへくら)を失(うしな)ふ息子(むすこ)」(悪)
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892)
Publisher: Tsunajima Kamekichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1880 (Meiji 13), February 23

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Two horizontal chûban on uncut vertical ôban sheet; 35.6 x 23.6 cm (14 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37687
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.37687, 2016.1364
Signed Ryôdôjin Yoshitoshi giga (on each design)
両道人芳年戯画
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.