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玉取り（海女と龍）
The Diving Woman Recovers the Stolen Jewel from the Dragons
玉取り（海女と龍）
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4) reprint; first edition 1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.1 x 25.2 cm (14 5/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38104
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Suzuki et al., Utagawa Kuniyoshi ten (1996), #s 113, 114; Suzuki 1992, #204; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S1f.2?
Signed
Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga
朝櫻楼国芳画
朝櫻楼国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Tanaka (in color block, replacing original kiwame seal in key block)
No blockcutter's mark
改印：田中
版元：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：田中
版元：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.