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芳年略画 「神巧皇后釣猫」
Empress Jingû Fishing for a Cat (Jingû Kôgô tsuri neko); from an untitled series known as Sketches by Yoshitoshi (Yoshitoshi ryakuga)
芳年略画 「神巧皇后釣猫」
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892)
Japanese
Meiji era
early 1880s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal chûban; 25 x 10.9 cm (9 13/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37690
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hiraki Ukiyo-e Foundation, Nyan to mo neko darake/ Cats of Many Varieties (2012), #128; Ing & Schaap, Beauty & Violence (1992), #42.25 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.37690, 2011.884.14
Originally printed as a vertical ôban sheet with two horizontal chûban designs: 11.37690, 2011.884.14 (top) and 2011.884.7 (bottom)
Originally printed as a vertical ôban sheet with two horizontal chûban designs: 11.37690, 2011.884.14 (top) and 2011.884.7 (bottom)
Signed
Yoshitoshi giga
芳年戯画
芳年戯画
Marks
Artist's seal: Yoshitoshi
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.