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狂斎百図 「あみ陀の光も金次第 留利光如来」 「正直ノ頭上（こふべ）に神住（かみやどる）」 「さき（鷺）を烏（からす）」 「うわさ（噂）をすればかげ（影）がさす」
The Blessings of the Buddha Are in Proportion to the Offerings: The Buddha of Shining Light (Amida no hikari mo kane shidai, Rurikô nyorai), A God LIves in the Head of an Honest Person (Shôjiki no kôbe ni kami yadoru) (R); Calling a Heron a Crow (Sagi o karasu), Gossip about Someone and His Shadow Appears (Uwasa o sureba kage ga sasu) (L), from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu)
狂斎百図 「あみ陀の光も金次第 留利光如来」 「正直ノ頭上（こふべ）に神住（かみやどる）」 「さき（鷺）を烏（からす）」 「うわさ（噂）をすればかげ（影）がさす」
Kawanabe Kyôsai (Japanese, 1831–1889)
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Two vertical yotsugiri (quarter ôban) on uncut horizontal chûban sheet; 18.1 x 24 cm (7 1/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45393.19
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kaikan sanjû shûnen kinen Kawanabe Kyôsai kinen bijutsukan cat. (2008), p. 102, #0775 (sheet of 4); Oikawa and Yamaguchi, Kyôsai no giga (1992), #85 (R only)
DescriptionMFA impressions:
Uncut sheet: 11.45393.19
Right side only: 11.37025, 11.45800.36
Left side only: 11.37026, 11.45800.33
Album containing 50 designs (half of the series?): 11.45393.1-25
Uncut sheet: 11.45393.19
Right side only: 11.37025, 11.45800.36
Left side only: 11.37026, 11.45800.33
Album containing 50 designs (half of the series?): 11.45393.1-25
Signed
Seisei Kyôsai giga (right side), Ôju Shujin Kyôsai giga (left side)
惺々狂斎戯画
惺々狂斎戯画
Marks
Censor's seal: Tiger 9 aratame (on left side)
No blockcutter's mark
改印：寅九改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：寅九改
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.