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「江戸名所道化尽 十六 王子狐火」
DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019
No. 16, Fox-fires at Ôji (Ôji kitsunebi), from the series Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho dôke zukushi)
「江戸名所道化尽 十六 王子狐火」
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36 x 23 cm (14 3/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45390.16
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Osaka City Mus., Edo no giga (2018), #150; Ôta Mem. Mus., Edo yôkai dai zukan (2014), #268; Ôta Mem. Mus., Warau ukiyo-e (2013), #12
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16964, 11.16965, 11.45389.34, *11.45390.16 (deaccessioned in 2019)
Signed
Hirokage ga
広景画
広景画
Marks
Censor's seal: Goat 6 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：未六改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：未六改
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: January 19, 2005)
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.