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日本奇人伝
Nihon kijin den (Extraordinary Persons of Japan)
日本奇人伝
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Author: Hanagasa Bunkyô (Japanese, 1785–1860)
Publisher: Katsumura Jiemon (Japanese)
Publisher: Kawachiya Mohei (Gungyokudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Suharaya Mohei (Senshôbô) (Japanese)
Author: Hanagasa Bunkyô (Japanese, 1785–1860)
Publisher: Katsumura Jiemon (Japanese)
Publisher: Kawachiya Mohei (Gungyokudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Suharaya Mohei (Senshôbô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1845 (Kôka 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions
22.6 x 14.2 cm (8 7/8 x 5 9/16 in.); chûbon
Credit Line
Source unidentified
Accession Number1997.957.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Meech, "Kuniyoshi and the Hell Courtesan," in Seduction (2015), fig. 52; Rosenfield, Extraordinary Persons (1999)
Signed
title, author and printer (?) as indicated on frontispiece: Kuniyoshi ki jinbutsu; Hanagasa ô tenshi; Sanseidô ki
見返し: 國芳畸人物; 花笠翁塡詞; 山静堂記
見返し: 國芳畸人物; 花笠翁塡詞; 山静堂記
ProvenanceProbably by 1903, part of the library of the department of the Art of Asia, Museum of Fine Arts [see note]; 1997, catalogued by the MFA; 2005, accessioned by the MFA. (Accession Date: June 1, 2005)
NOTE: This may have been deposited at the MFA by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston. Much of Bigelow’s collection of Asian art, books, and works on paper 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 between about 1890 and 1903.
NOTE: This may have been deposited at the MFA by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston. Much of Bigelow’s collection of Asian art, books, and works on paper 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 between about 1890 and 1903.