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Monkey (Son Gokû) and the King of the Underworld (Meiô), from the series The Journey to the West, A Popular Version (Tsûzoku Saiyûki)


「通俗西遊記(つうぞくさいゆうき)」「孫悟空」「冥王」
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892)
Publisher: Fukushimaya Tashichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36 x 23.9 cm (14 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37742
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.37742, 11.39775

A scene from Ch. 3 of the sixteenth-century Chinese fantasy novel, The Journey to the West (Ch. Xiyouji, J. Saiyûki).
Signed Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi ga
一魁斎芳年画
Marks Censor's seal: Rat 12 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:子十二改
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.