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「書画五拾三駅 三河 藤川 狂婦之戯笑」
Fujikawa in Mikawa Province: The Laughter of a Madwoman (Kyôfu no gishô), from the series Calligraphy and Pictures for the Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô (Shoga gojûsan eki)
「書画五拾三駅 三河 藤川 狂婦之戯笑」
Kawanabe Kyôsai (Japanese, 1831–1889)
Other artist: Seika (or Sayaka?) (Japanese, active early 1870s)
Publisher: Sawamuraya Seikichi (Japanese)
Other artist: Seika (or Sayaka?) (Japanese, active early 1870s)
Publisher: Sawamuraya Seikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1872 (Meiji 5)
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 Number11.41465
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kaikan sanjû shûnen kinen Kawanabe Kyôsai kinen bijutsukan cat. (2008), p. 114, #0912; Oikawa, Clark & Forrer, Comic Genius: Kawanabe Kyôsai/Kyôsai giga kyôga ten (1996), #175
DescriptionNo. 38 in the series.
Signed
Seisei Kyôsai; Seika (or Sayaka?)
惺々狂斎、清可
惺々狂斎、清可
Marks
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
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.