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Wanting to Eat Rice (Mama ga tabetai)/ Rock for Inkstones from Takada in Mimasaka Province (Mimasaka Takada suzuri-ishi), from the series Auspicious Desires on Land and Sea (Sankai medetai zue)

(Japanese, 1797–1861)
(Japanese, 1839–about 1870)
1852 (Kaei 5), 12th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 36.5 x 26.7 cm (14 3/8 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.25982
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
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.
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1849–52 (Kaei 2–5)
Takiguchi Shinsuke
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1851–52 (Kaei 4–5)