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Figures from Ôtsu-e Paintings of the Floating World in a Drunken Stupor (Ukiyo-e Ôtsu no renchû suimin no zu)


「浮世絵大津之連中 酔眠の図」
Kawanabe Kyôsai (Japanese, 1831–1889)
Japanese
Edo period–Meiji era

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36 x 50.3 cm (14 3/16 x 19 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42038a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sadamura, Kawanabe Kyôsai no chôsen (2023), #54; Bakumatsu Meiji no tensai eshi Kawanabe Kyôsai ten (1998), #122; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 5, Victoria and Albert Museum II (1987), pl. 197
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.34998.61a-b, 11.42038a-b
Signed Ôju Seisei (hidden in design at upper left)
応需惺々
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.