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「見たて似たかきん魚」
Does It Look Like Them? A Goldfish Parody (Mitate nita ka kingyô): Fish and Turtle with Faces of Actors
「見たて似たかきん魚」
Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904)
Publisher: Hayashiya Shôgorô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Publisher: Hayashiya Shôgorô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36 × 25.2 cm (14 3/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41231
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionActors as fish, in the manner of Yoshiiku's teacher Kuniyoshi. MFA prints from the series: 11.41231, 11.41232.
Signed
Ikkeisai Yoshiiku giga
一恵斎芳幾戯画
一恵斎芳幾戯画
Marks
Censor's seal: Boar 6 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ôta Tashichi
改印：亥六改
彫師：彫太田多七
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ôta Tashichi
改印：亥六改
彫師：彫太田多七
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.