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「家内安全ヲ守 十二支之図」
Picture of the Twelve Animals to Protect the Safety of the Home (Kanai anzen o mamoru Jûnishi no zu)
「家内安全ヲ守 十二支之図」
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.2 × 24.3 cm (13 7/8 × 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41304
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
The Life of Animals in Japanese Art (2019), #71; Ôta Mem. Mus., Warau ukiyo-e (2013), #78
DescriptionThe animal is a composite of parts of the twelve animals of the zodiac.
Signed
Gakumen ga Yoshitora sha
Marks
Censor's seal: Horse 9
No blockcutter's mark
改印：午九
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：午九
彫師：なし
InscriptionsPoem, with the names of the zodiac animals embedded: UkiTATSU ya/ TORA ni okiINE/ TORIkoMIte/ moU UMAInuru/ HITSUJI SARU koro
「う（卯）きたつ（辰）や虎（寅）におき稲（亥子）とり（酉）込ミ（巳）てもう（丑）うま（午）いぬ（戌）るひつじ（未）さる（申）ころ」
「う（卯）きたつ（辰）や虎（寅）におき稲（亥子）とり（酉）込ミ（巳）てもう（丑）うま（午）いぬ（戌）るひつじ（未）さる（申）ころ」
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.