Above: A Boy Who Plays at Wrestling with the Young Master (Bôchan to sumô o toru kozô) and Boys Who Play at Wrestling in the Bathhouse (Yuya de sumô o toru kozô); below: A Boy Who Mends His Clothing Himself (Hokorobi o jibun de nuu kozô) and A Boy Who Tears His Clothes (Hokorobi o kiru kozô), from the series A Collection of Apprentice Boys Showing Good and Bad Morals (Kyôkun zen'aku kozô zoroe)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
(Japanese, 1797–1861)
Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô)
(Japanese)
1857 (Ansei 4), 2nd month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsTwo horizontal chûban on uncut vertical ôban sheet; 36.2 x 24.6 cm (14 1/4 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.36703
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPrints
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: January 19, 2005)
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.
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.
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1842–43 (Tenpô 13–14)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1830–35 (Tenpô 1–6)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)
