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Kume no Sennin, from the series Selected Modern Lifesized Dolls (Tôsei mitate ningyô no uchi)


「当盛見立人形之内 粂の仙人」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Honmo (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Hori Sashichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.4 x 48.6 cm (13 15/16 x 19 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.28704-5
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné http://blog.livedoor.jp/misemono/archives/cat_50049088.html; Inagaki and Isao, Kuniyoshi no kyôga (1991), #110
DescriptionDiptych: 11.28704 (right), 11.28705 (left)

MFA impressions: 11.28704-5, 11.36476a-b
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 2
Blockcutter's mark: Sashichi koku
改印:改、辰二
彫師:佐七刻
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.