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「酉の八月八日酉ノ刻木情の人有卦に入」
In the Year of the Chicken, at the Hour of the Chicken on the 8th Day of the 8th Month, People Born in Wood Signs Enter a Lucky Cycle (Tori no hachigatsu yôka tori no koku kisei no hito uke ni iru): Lucky Things That Start with the Syllable Fu
「酉の八月八日酉ノ刻木情の人有卦に入」
Japanese
Edo period
1849 (Kaei 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 25.2 × 37 cm (9 15/16 × 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41311
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionAccording to yin-yang divination (onmyôdô), luck followed a cycle of seven good years and then five bad years, according to one's year of birth. The ages of people in the lucky category are listed.
Signed
Ichimôsai Yoshitora ga
一猛斎芳虎画
一猛斎芳虎画
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、村田
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、村田
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.