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Prosperity in the Floating World; The Temporary Lodgings of the New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara karitaku, ukiyo no sakae): The Seven Gods of Good Fortune Subdue the Catfish


「しんよしハらかりたく 浮世栄」 鯰を押さえる七福神
Japanese
Edo period
about 1855 (Ansei 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.4 x 50 cm (14 5/16 x 19 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29507.6a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Tomizawa, Nishiki-e no chikara (2005), chart 4, #118, photo p. 96
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: 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.