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Children at Play: Games of the Fifth Month (Kodomo asobi satsuki no tawamure)


「子供遊皐月のたわむれ」
Utagawa Yoshifuji (Japanese, 1828–1889)
Publisher: Sumiyoshiya Masagorô
Japanese
Edo period–Meiji era
1868 (Keiô 4/Meiji 1), 5th 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 Number11.34998.33a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Nagura, Etoki bakumatsu fûshi-ga to tennô (2007), #30
DescriptionFrom an album of satirical prints, 11.34998.1-112.
Signed Yoshifuji ga (on right sheet)
芳藤画
Marks Censor's seal: Dragon 5 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:辰五改
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.