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Elephant Brought by Ship from India (Indo senrai zô)

Elephant Brought by Ship from India (Indo senrai zô)

(Japanese, active about 1841–1864)
(Japanese)
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 4th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 35.4 x 24.7 cm (13 15/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.37389
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ClassificationsPrints
Inscriptions「古語に曰、象二十五才にして牙を生、三十才ニして変色、今来舶の象無牙ニして、色黒、古語に相違ありとも、是則三才成がゆへなるべし、今昔視こと猶後の今如視、写真製后生人間傳　桑国一震斎記」
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.
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Utagawa Yoshikata
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Utagawa Yoshikata
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