Advanced Search 
犬飼現八庚申山で化け猫を射る
Inukai Genpachi Fights a Cat Monster on Mount Kōshin
犬飼現八庚申山で化け猫を射る
Japanese
Edo period
about 1849–50 (Kaei 2–3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ōban triptych; 36.5 × 74 cm (14 3/8 × 29 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41383a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Heroes (2022), #U-118; Chiba City Mus., Hakkenden no sekai (2008), #116; Shibuya Kuritsu Shōtō Bijutsukan, Musha-e (2003), #130; Zusetsu Nihon no koten 19, Kyokutei Bakin (1980), fig. 347
Signed
Ichimōsai Yoshitora ga (on each sheet)
一猛斎芳虎画
一猛斎芳虎画
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Watanabe
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、渡辺
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、渡辺
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.