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A Guide to the Good and Bad Urges of the heart (Zen'aku kokoro no annai)


「善悪思案内(ぜんあくこゝろのあんない)」
Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904)
Publisher: Hirookaya Kôsuke (Kikujudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36 × 74.6 cm (14 3/16 × 29 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41140a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Keisai Yoshiiku giga (on each sheet)
恵斎芳幾戯画
Marks Censor's seal: Ox 7 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:丑七改
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.