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「三職世直し拳」 （鯰絵）
Three Occupations in a Ken Game for Reforming the World (Sanshoku yonaoshi ken)
「三職世直し拳」 （鯰絵）
Enju (Japanese, active about 1855)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1855 (Ansei 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36 x 25.7 cm (14 3/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38604
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôkubo, Namazu-e (Nat'l. Mus. of J. History, 2021), p. 97, fig. 3
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29507.26, 11.38604
Signed
Enju gisaku
延寿戯作
延寿戯作
Marks
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
版元：なし
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
版元：なし
Inscriptions神のお留春（るす、留守）を徒計古（つけこ）んで、のらくらなまづが（なまずが、鯰が）ふざけ出し、あとの志末川（しまつ、始末）をあらためて世直し／＼たてなおし・・・
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.