Comical Warriors: New Year's Rice Cakes for the Reign of Our Lord (Dôke musha miyo no wakamochi)
Utagawa Yoshitora
(Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Sawaya Kôkichi
(Japanese)
1849 (Kaei 2), intercalary 4th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 36.8 × 25 cm (14 1/2 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.39732
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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.
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