Eight small designs from the series Tanuki jokes (Tanuki no share): right to left and top to bottom, Fortune Telling (Uranai); Catching Minnows (Zako tori); A Sudden Shower (Yûdachi); Hunting with a Net (Amiuchi); Shop Signs (Kanban); Towboat (Hikifune); Moving House (Yadogae); Street Vendor (Dôgu mise)
Sadaashi
(Japanese)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
(Japanese, 1797–1861)
about late 1840s–early 1850s
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (key block); ink on paper
DimensionsEight yatsugiri designs on uncut vertical ôban sheet; 35.9 x 28 cm (14 1/8 x 11 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.37242
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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.
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1795 (Kansei 7)
Torii Kiyonaga
1784 (Tenmei 4), 1st month
Utagawa Toyokuni I
