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「芋喰僧正魚説法」
The Yam-eating Bishop Preaches to the Fish (Imokui Sôjô uo seppô)
「芋喰僧正魚説法」
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.9 × 49.4 cm (14 1/8 × 19 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41219a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Konishi, Nishiki-e Bakumatsu Meiji no rekishi 1 (1977), pp. 80-1
DescriptionRefers to the cholera epidemic.
Signed
Ikkeisai Yoshiiku giga (on each sheet)
一恵斎芳幾戯画
一恵斎芳幾戯画
Marks
Censor's seal: Goat 12 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：未十二改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：未十二改
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.
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.