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Butt Games, a Comical Picture of the Floating World (Shiri tawamure ukiyo kyôga)


「尻戯浮世狂画」
Japanese
Edo period–Meiji era

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.5 x 51.2 cm (14 3/8 x 20 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42033a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Unsigned
無款
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.