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「美達住楼久楽翫 （みたてじゅうろくらかん）」
A Theatrical Parody of the Sixteen Arhats (Mitate jûroku rakan)
「美達住楼久楽翫 （みたてじゅうろくらかん）」
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 34.6 x 74.8 cm (13 5/8 x 29 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29735, 11.29776, 11.29777
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Suzuki 1992, #400
DescriptionTriptych: 11.29735 (left), 11.29776 (center), 11.29777 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.28831 (left sheet only), 11.29735VR (11.29735, 11.29775, 11.29776), 11.36498a-c
MFA impressions: 11.28831 (left sheet only), 11.29735VR (11.29735, 11.29775, 11.29776), 11.36498a-c
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
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: 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.
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.