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狂斎百図 「とび鷹の児ヲうむ」「うの目たかの目」 「牛ハ牛づれ」「牡丹カ肖伯老」「七夕の恋人」「天神さま」「鬼童丸」
A Kite GIves Birth to the Child of a Hawk (Tobi taka no ko o umu), Sharp-eyed as a Cormorant or Hawk (U no me taka no me) (R); Oxen Prefer the Company of Oxen (Ushi wa ushizure): Botange Shôhaku, the Lovers of the Tanabata Festival (Tanabata no koibito), Tenjin-sama (=Sugawara Michizane), and Kidômaru (L); from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu)
狂斎百図 「とび鷹の児ヲうむ」「うの目たかの目」 「牛ハ牛づれ」「牡丹カ肖伯老」「七夕の恋人」「天神さま」「鬼童丸」
Kawanabe Kyôsai (Japanese, 1831–1889)
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2), 12th 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 Number11.45393.20
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kaikan sanjû shûnen kinen Kawanabe Kyôsai kinen bijutsukan cat. (2008), p. 102, #0782 (sheet of 4)
DescriptionMFA impressions:
Uncut sheet: 11.45393.20
Right side only: 11.36974
Left side only: 11.45800.38
Album containing 50 designs (half of the series?): 11.45393.1-25
Uncut sheet: 11.45393.20
Right side only: 11.36974
Left side only: 11.45800.38
Album containing 50 designs (half of the series?): 11.45393.1-25
Signed
Kyôsai ga (right side), Kyôsai Shujin (left side)
狂斎画 狂斎主人
狂斎画 狂斎主人
Marks
Censor's seal: Tiger 12 aratame (on left side)
No blockcutter's mark
改印：寅十二改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：寅十二改
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.