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「道化上下見ノ図」
Comical Upside-down Pictures (Dôke jôgemi no zu)
「道化上下見ノ図」
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.1 × 24.5 cm (13 13/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41302
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba City Mus., Ukiyo-e ni egakareta kodomotachi (2014), #207; Ôta Mem. Mus., Warau ukiyo-e (2013), #108; Asahikawa Museum, Utagawa Kuniyoshi ichimon no zenbôten (2000), #3-21-2; Inagaki, Edo no asobi-e (1988), #47
Signed
Môsai Yoshitora ga
孟斎芳虎画
孟斎芳虎画
Marks
Censor's seal: Chicken 10 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉十改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉十改
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.