On the 8th Day of the 5th Month, People Born in Earth Signs Enter a Lucky Cycle (Gogatsu yôka, uke ni iru, dosei no hito): Fukusuke with Daikoku and Fukurokuju
Utagawa Kunisato
(Japanese,
died in 1858)
died in 1858)
Daikokuya Heikichi
(Japanese)
1858 (Ansei 5), 3rd month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 36.8 x 24.7 cm (14 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.36825
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.
Utagawa Kunisato
1857 (Ansei 4), 8th month
Utagawa Kunisato
1858 (Ansei 5), 3rd month
Utagawa Kunisato
1853 (Kaei 6), 3rd month
Utagawa Kunisato
1858 (Ansei 5), 7th month
