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「風流しりとり子供もんく」
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「風流しりとり子供もんく」
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2), 2nd month (?)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (key block); color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35 × 72.2 cm (13 3/4 × 28 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41310a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionIt is not clear whether there was ever a full-color edition, or whether the triptych was intended to be printed n monochrome.
Signed
Yoshitora ga (on each sheet)
芳虎画
芳虎画
Marks
Censor's seal: Tiger 2 aratame (?)
No blockcutter's mark
改印：寅二改ヵ
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：寅二改ヵ
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.