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「流行兎咄」 「兎咄」
A Popular Story of Rabbits (Ryûkô usagi-banashi)
「流行兎咄」 「兎咄」
Japanese
Meiji era
1873 (Meiji 6), December
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.1 x 47.8 cm (13 13/16 x 18 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42009a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 2 (1982), #189 (right sheet only)
DescriptionIt is unclear whether these two sheets are a diptych or separate sheets in a series.
Signed
Ichibunsai Ko Yoshimori giga (on right sheet), Ko Yoshimori giga (on left sheet)
一文斎小芳盛戯画、 小芳盛戯画
一文斎小芳盛戯画、 小芳盛戯画
Marks
Censor's seal: Chicken 12
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉十二
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉十二
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.