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狂斎百図 「鰯の頭も信心から」 「娘一人に婿八人」 「馬のみみニ風」 「牛にひかれて善光寺まいり」
Even a Sardine Head Will Protect Those Who Truly Believe (Iwashi no atama mo shinji[n] kara), Eight Suitors for One Daughter (Musume hitori ni muko hachinin) (R); Wind in the Ear of a Horse (Uma no mimi ni kaze), Led by an Ox on a Pilgirmage to Zenkô-ji (Ushi ni hikarete Zenkû-ji mairi) (L); from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu)
狂斎百図 「鰯の頭も信心から」 「娘一人に婿八人」 「馬のみみニ風」 「牛にひかれて善光寺まいり」
Kawanabe Kyôsai (Japanese, 1831–1889)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 8th 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 Number11.45393.22
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kaikan sanjû shûnen kinen Kawanabe Kyôsai kinen bijutsukan cat. (2008), p. 102, #0774 (sheet of 4)
DescriptionMFA impressions:
Uncut sheet: 11.45393.22
Right side only: 11.37035, 11.45800.46
Left side only: 11.22651, 11.37020
Album containing 50 designs (half of the series?): 11.45393.1-25
Uncut sheet: 11.45393.22
Right side only: 11.37035, 11.45800.46
Left side only: 11.22651, 11.37020
Album containing 50 designs (half of the series?): 11.45393.1-25
Signed
Ôju Seisei Kyôsai (on each side)
応需惺々狂斎
応需惺々狂斎
Marks
Censor's seal: Boar 8 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印:亥八改
彫師:なし
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印:亥八改
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.