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「豊年万作（ほうねんまんさく）おどり」
Dance of the Harvest Festival (Hônen mansaku odori)
「豊年万作（ほうねんまんさく）おどり」
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36 x 76.1 cm (14 3/16 x 29 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35968, 11.37049a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kaikan sanjû shûnen kinen Kawanabe Kyôsai kinen bijutsukan cat. (2008), p. 97, #0705; Bakumatsu Meiji no tensai eshi Kawanabe Kyôsai ten (1998), #117; Oikawa, Clark & Forrer, Comic Genius: Kawanabe Kyôsai/Kyôsai giga kyôga ten (1996), #202
DescriptionTriptych: 11.35968 (left sheet), 11.37049a-b (right and center sheets)
MFA impressions: 11.35968VR (11.35968, 11.37049a-b), 11.37048a-c
MFA impressions: 11.35968VR (11.35968, 11.37049a-b), 11.37048a-c
Signed
Ôju Seisei Kyôsai (on right sheet)
応需惺々狂斎
応需惺々狂斎
Marks
Censor's seal: Ox 1 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：丑正改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：丑正改
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: 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.