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「狂歌文台相撲之図」
A Sumô Match on the Writing Stand of Comic Poetry (Kyôka bundai sumô no zu)
「狂歌文台相撲之図」
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1810s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.3 x 50.4 cm (14 5/16 x 19 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26696-7
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych: 11.26696 (left), 11.26697 (right)
Signed
Kyôsai Hokkei ga (on left sheet only)
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 – d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
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.