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Image Not Available for [One of a group of 98] Japanese woodblocks
[One of a group of 98] Japanese woodblocks
Image Not Available for [One of a group of 98] Japanese woodblocks

[One of a group of 98] Japanese woodblocks

19th century
Medium/TechniqueWood (non-specific)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession numberRES.11.5204
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
Collections
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.
Image Not Available for Woodblock for: Actors Sanjô Kantarô as Ninomiya and Ogino Izaburô I as Goro Tokimune
Woodblock for: Actors Sanjô Kantarô as Ninomiya and Ogino Izaburô I as Goro Tokimune
Torii Kiyonobu II
1732 (Kyôhô 17)
Image Not Available for Woodblock for: Ogino Isaburo as Goro (Hakuo) kneeling by a shogi , and Yamashita Kamematsu as Shosho standing, holding folded paper
Woodblock for: Ogino Isaburo as Goro (Hakuo) kneeling by a shogi , and Yamashita Kamematsu as Shosho standing, holding folded paper
Torii Kiyonobu II
1732 (Kyôhô 17)
Image Not Available for Woodblock for: Actors Segawa Kikunojô I as a woman and Ichikawa Danjûrô II as Hachimantaro Yoshiie
Woodblock for: Actors Segawa Kikunojô I as a woman and Ichikawa Danjûrô II as Hachimantaro Yoshiie
Ishikawa Toyonobu
1731–32
Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro (Figures)
[One of a group of 98] Japanese woodblocks
Katsushika Hokusai
late 18th to early 19th century
Cancelled Woodblock for Red Nude Print (Akai rajo, hangi)
Cancelled Woodblock for Red Nude Print (Akai rajo, hangi)
Saitô Kiyoshi
1950 (Showa 25)
Image Not Available for Zhong Kui (Shôki) the Demon Queller
Zhong Kui (Shôki) the Demon Queller
early 19th century
Image Not Available for Printing block for Winter Birds in Floating Sleep (Ukine no fuyu tori)
Printing block for Winter Birds in Floating Sleep (Ukine no fuyu tori)
Hatsuyama Shigeru
1962 (Shôwa 37)
Image Not Available for Woodblock for: Courtesans Imitating the Four Sleepers (Yûkun shisui), from a set of courtesan parodies
Woodblock for: Courtesans Imitating the Four Sleepers (Yûkun shisui), from a set of courtesan parodies
Okumura Masanobu
Actor Takii Hannosuke as a samurai
Actor Takii Hannosuke as a samurai
Torii Kiyomasu I
Courtesan and Attendant Walking in Snow
Courtesan and Attendant Walking in Snow
Torii Kiyomasu I
Image Not Available for Woodblock for pages of Hokusai Manga, Vol. 3
Woodblock for pages of Hokusai Manga, Vol. 3
Katsushika Hokusai
Image Not Available for Woodblock for pages of Hokusai Manga, Vol. 3
Woodblock for pages of Hokusai Manga, Vol. 3
Katsushika Hokusai