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「昔ばなし舌切雀」
The Old Story of the Tongue-cut Sparrow (Mukashi-banashi shita-kiri suzume)
「昔ばなし舌切雀」
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 6th month (?)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.4 × 73.5 cm (13 15/16 × 28 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.34998.59a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Nat. Mus. of J. Hist., Nishiki-e wa ika ni tsukurareta ka (2009), #54; Kumon Kodomo Kenkyûjo, Ukiyo-e no kodomotachi/ Children Depicted in Ukiyoe (1995), #138; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan 9, Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels (1989), fig. 125
DescriptionFrom an album of satirical prints, 11.34998.1-112.
Signed
Yoshimori giga (on right sheet), Yoshimori ga (on center and left sheets)
芳盛戯画 芳盛画
芳盛戯画 芳盛画
Marks
Censor's seal: Rat 6 aratame (?)
No blockcutter's mark
改印：子六改ヵ
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：子六改ヵ
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.
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.