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Great Poetry Gathering (Dai-e kyô hai ten ku)


「大会 狂俳点句」
Gyokusai (Japanese, active late 1860s)
Publisher: Zen (in lozenge) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period–Meiji era
1868 (Keiô 4/Meiji 1), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.7 x 48.7 cm (14 1/16 x 19 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42014, 11.42016
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 11.42014 (right sheet), 11.42016 (left sheet)

MFA impressions: 11.42014VR (11.42014, 11.42016; complete diptych), 11.42015 (right sheet only)
Signed Gyokusai ga (on right sheet only)
玉斎画
Marks Censor's seal: Dragon 5 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:辰五改
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.