Above: Boys Who Get up Early When They Are Going on Home Leave (Yadoiri ni bakari hayaoki suru kozô) and Boys Who Sleep Soundly (Nezô ga ii kozô); below: A Boy Who Walks Carefully So As Not to Trip (Tsumazukanu yô ni aruku kozô) and A Boy Who Stares at a Kite and Falls into a Ditch (Tako ni mitorete dobu e ochiru 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), 1st month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsTwo horizontal chûban on uncut vertical ôban sheet; 36.2 x 24.9 cm (14 1/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.36705
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)
