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「大津画ぶし」 （鯰絵）
Song of the Ôtsu-e Folk Paintings (Ôtsu-e bushi)
「大津画ぶし」 （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 27 cm (14 3/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38627
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôkubo, Namazu-e (Nat'l. Mus. of J. History, 2021), #141; Tomizawa, Nishiki-e no chikara (2005), chart 4, #71, photo p. 89
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29507.27, 11.38627
Signed
Enju gigasaku
延寿戯画作
延寿戯画作
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.