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「郵便報知新聞 第八百十六号」
No. 816, from the series The Post Dispatch Newspaper (Yûbin hôchi shinbun)
「郵便報知新聞 第八百十六号」
Japanese
Meiji era
1876 (Meiji 9)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.8 x 23.7 cm (14 1/8 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37905
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ing & Schaap, Beauty & Violence (1992), #25.57 (no photo)
DescriptionA performance by the amazing old midget who was 21 inches tall, drank, sang, and danced, and lived to a ripe old age.
Signed
Taiso Yoshitoshi
大蘇芳年
大蘇芳年
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.