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「書画五拾三駅 駿河 鞠子 宿場ノ狂戯」
Mariko in Suruga Province: Comic Antics at the Inn (Shukuba no kyôgi), from the series Calligraphy and Pictures for the Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô (Shoga gojûsan eki)
「書画五拾三駅 駿河 鞠子 宿場ノ狂戯」
Kawanabe Kyôsai (Japanese, 1831–1889)
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Sawamuraya Seikichi (Japanese)
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Sawamuraya Seikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1872 (Meiji 5), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.7 × 23.7 cm (14 1/16 × 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41448
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kaikan sanjû shûnen kinen Kawanabe Kyôsai kinen bijutsukan cat. (2008), p. 113, #0910; Oikawa, Clark & Forrer, Comic Genius: Kawanabe Kyôsai/Kyôsai giga kyôga ten (1996), #173; Ôta Memorial Museum of Art, Utagawa-ha (Kobijutsu special issue, 1986), #349
DescriptionNo. 21 in the series.
Signed
Seisei Kyôsai; Môsai
惺々暁斎、孟斎
惺々暁斎、孟斎
Marks
Censor's seal: Water Monkey (Jinshin, mizunoe saru) 10
No blockcutter's mark
改印：壬申十
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：壬申十
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.