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「通俗西遊記（つうぞくさいゆうき）」「孫悟空」「聖嬰文王 又号紅孩児」
Monkey (Son Gokū) Fights Great King Holy Child (Seiei Daiō), Also Called Red Boy (Kōgaiji), from the series The Journey to the West, A Popular Version (Tsūzoku Saiyūki)
「通俗西遊記（つうぞくさいゆうき）」「孫悟空」「聖嬰文王 又号紅孩児」
Japanese
Edo period
1864–65 (Genji 1–2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ōban; 35.7 x 24.2 cm (14 1/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39780
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 201-4190
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.37749, 11.39780
A scene from Ch. 41 of the sixteenth-century Chinese fantasy novel, The Journey to the West (Ch. Xiyouji, J. Saiyūki).
A scene from Ch. 41 of the sixteenth-century Chinese fantasy novel, The Journey to the West (Ch. Xiyouji, J. Saiyūki).
Signed
Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi ga
一魁斎芳年画
一魁斎芳年画
Marks
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
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.
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.