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No. 2, Throwing Dice (Ni, Ichi roku), from the series Famous Horses (Meiba soroe)

No. 2, Throwing Dice (Ni, Ichi roku), from the series Famous Horses (Meiba soroe)

(Japanese, active about 1830–60)
1834 (Tenpô 5)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
DimensionsShikishiban; 20.9 x 18.5 cm (8 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.20732
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem by Shôsai Kakuô: Ichi roku no/ koime furidasu/ sugoroku wa/ koma no hakobi mo/ isamu haru no hi Poem by Tôtôen no Takimori: Harusame ni/ tsubomeru ume no/ hana narade/ fureba koime mo/ kurenai no iro Poem by Rikkaen: Midori nasu/ furiwake-gami wa/ sugoroku no/ tsutsu-izutsu ni zo/ taruru aoyagi
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

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.