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「郵便報知新聞 第四百八十一号」
No. 481, from the series The Post Dispatch Newspaper (Yûbin hôchi shinbun)
「郵便報知新聞 第四百八十一号」
Japanese
Meiji era
1875 (Meiji 8), February
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.4 x 23.6 cm (13 15/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37734
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
U. of Tokyo, Nyûsu no tanjô (1999), p. 109, fig. 105; Ing & Schaap, Beauty & Violence (1992), #25.12 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.37708, 11.37734, 11.39799
An old man delivering a proposal to the geisha Oiro who was good-natured enough to politely refuse him.
An old man delivering a proposal to the geisha Oiro who was good-natured enough to politely refuse him.
Signed
Taiso Yoshitoshi
大蘇芳年
大蘇芳年
Marks
Censor's seal: Boar 2
No blockcutter's mark
改印：亥二
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：亥二
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.