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The World Seen through a Physiognomist's Glass (Yo no naka tengankyô)


「世の中天眼鏡」
Utagawa Hiroshige III (Japanese, 1842–1894)
Publisher: Kakumotoya Kinjirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period–Meiji era
1868 (Keiô 4/Meiji 1), intercalary 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.4 × 49 cm (13 15/16 × 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.34998.14a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Nagura, Etoki bakumatsu fûshi-ga to tennô (2007), #9
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.26800-1, 11.34998.14a-b

From an album of satirical prints, 11.34998.1-112.
Signed Utashige ga (on left sheet)
Marks Censor's seal: Dragon intercalary aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:辰閏改
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 29, 2004)

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.