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「其まゝ地口（そのままじぐち） 猫飼好五十三疋（みやうかいこうごじうさんびき） 上」 「中」 「下」
Puns Just Like This: The Fifty-three Cats of the Ailurophile (Sono mama jiguchi: Myōkaikō gojūsan biki)
「其まゝ地口（そのままじぐち） 猫飼好五十三疋（みやうかいこうごじうさんびき） 上」 「中」 「下」
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.1 × 76.2 cm (14 5/8 × 30 in.)
Credit Line
Keith McLeod Fund
Accession Number2019.193a-c
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、村田
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、村田
彫師：なし
ProvenanceBy 1961, Basil William Robinson (b. 1912– d. 2005), London [see note]; November 7, 2007, posthumous B. W. Robinson sale (sale 7432), Christie’s, London, lot 611, to Sebastian Izzard (dealer), New York; sold by Sebastian Izzard to a private collector, who sold it back; 2019, sold by Sebastian Izzard to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 24, 2019)