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Kume no Sennin, from the series Picture of Dolls (Ningyô no zu)


「人形之図」 粂の仙人
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sagamiya Tôkichi (Ai-To) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.3 x 24.3 cm (13 7/8 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39042
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné http://blog.livedoor.jp/misemono/archives/cat_50049088.html
Signed Ôju Toyokuni giga
応需豊国戯画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 2
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、辰二
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.