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Attention to the Body in Shingaku Philosophy (Shingaku mi no yôjin)


心学身之要慎(しんがくみのようぢん)
Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904)
Japanese
Edo period
about early 1860s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.4 × 48.2 cm (13 15/16 × 19 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39753a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTwo left sheets of incomplete triptych.

MFA impressions: 11.39753a-b (two left sheets only), 11.41141a-c (complete triptych)

Text by Kanagaki Robun. Each body part argues that it is the most important.
Signed Ikkeisai Yoshiiku giga (on each sheet)
一恵斎芳幾戯画
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
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.