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「幼童席書会」
A Children's Calligraphy Gathering (Yôdô sekigaki kai)
「幼童席書会」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1842 (Tenpô 13)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.5 x 69.8 cm (14 x 27 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41807a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #92; Chiba City Mus., Ukiyo-e ni egakareta kodomotachi (2014), #81; Iwakiri 2011, #251; Kumon Kodomo Kenkyûjo, Ukiyo-e no kodomotachi/Children Depicted in Ukiyoe (1995), #45
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16562-4, 11.41807a-c
During the Edo period, it was customary for calligraphy teachers to hold exhibitions of their pupils' work twice a year, in the fourth month and the eighth month.
During the Edo period, it was customary for calligraphy teachers to hold exhibitions of their pupils' work twice a year, in the fourth month and the eighth month.
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
改印：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.