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The Cats' Industrial Exposition (Neko no kangyô hakurankai)
The Cats' Industrial Exposition (Neko no kangyô hakurankai)

The Cats' Industrial Exposition (Neko no kangyô hakurankai)

Utagawa Kunisada III (Kunimasa IV, Toyokuni V) (Japanese, 1848–1920)
Matsumura Jinbei (Japanese)
1877 (Meiji 10), September 10
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 36.5 x 25 cm (14 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.44670
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
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.
Illustration of the Ceremony for the Promulgation of the Constitution of Great Japan (Dai Nippon kenpô happushiki no zu)
Illustration of the Ceremony for the Promulgation of the Constitution of Great Japan (Dai Nippon kenpô happushiki no zu)
Utagawa Kunisada III (Kunimasa IV, Toyokuni V)
1889 (Meiji 22), February
Distant View of Mansei Bridge (Mansei-bashi tôkei no zu), from the series Famous Places of Tokyo (Tôkyô meisho)
Distant View of Mansei Bridge (Mansei-bashi tôkei no zu), from the series Famous Places of Tokyo (Tôkyô meisho)
Utagawa Kunisada III (Kunimasa IV, Toyokuni V)
1878 (Meiji 11), September
Illustration of Nobility Departing from the Gate in front of the Nishimaru Building of the New Imperial Palace (Nishimaru shin kôkyo kiken goshutsumon no zu)
Illustration of Nobility Departing from the Gate in front of the Nishimaru Building of the New Imperial Palace (Nishimaru shin kôkyo kiken goshutsumon no zu)
Utagawa Kunisada III (Kunimasa IV, Toyokuni V)
1888 (Meiji 21), March 20
a-c
Record of the Sino-French War (Chin-Futsu sensô ki)
Utagawa Kunisada III (Kunimasa IV, Toyokuni V)
1884 (Meiji 17), September
True View of the Newly Built Azuma Bridge (Shinchiku Azuma-bashi shinzu)
True View of the Newly Built Azuma Bridge (Shinchiku Azuma-bashi shinzu)
Utagawa Kunisada III (Kunimasa IV, Toyokuni V)
1887 (Meiji 20), November 7
Newly Published Collection of Cats (Shinpan neko tsukushi)
Newly Published Collection of Cats (Shinpan neko tsukushi)
Utagawa Kunisada III (Kunimasa IV, Toyokuni V)
1870s–1880s
Song and Dance Performance by the "Spider Man" Satô Yûkichi, Art Name Yôrô Yûsen, Age 52
Song and Dance Performance by the "Spider Man" Satô Yûkichi, Art Name Yôrô Yûsen, Age 52
Utagawa Kunisada III (Kunimasa IV, Toyokuni V)
1877 (Meiji 10), June 26
The Incomparable and Marvelous English Office Building at Yokohama (Yokohama ni oite murui zetsumyô Eikoku no yakan)
The Incomparable and Marvelous English Office Building at Yokohama (Yokohama ni oite murui zetsumyô Eikoku no yakan)
Utagawa Kunisada III (Kunimasa IV, Toyokuni V)
1870 (Meiji 3), 5th month
Memorial Portrait of Onoe Kikugorô V
Memorial Portrait of Onoe Kikugorô V
Utagawa Kunisada III (Kunimasa IV, Toyokuni V)
1903 (Meiji 36), February 18
Memorial Portrait of Onoe Kikugorô V
Memorial Portrait of Onoe Kikugorô V
Utagawa Kunisada III (Kunimasa IV, Toyokuni V)
1903 (Meiji 36), February 18
The Ôtsu-e Ballad of Longears and Spotty (Miminaga Buchihei Ôtsu-e bushi): Rabbits
The Ôtsu-e Ballad of Longears and Spotty (Miminaga Buchihei Ôtsu-e bushi): Rabbits
Utagawa Kunisada III (Kunimasa IV, Toyokuni V)
1873 (Meiji 6)
The Cats' Industrial Exposition (Neko no kangyô hakurankai)
The Cats' Industrial Exposition (Neko no kangyô hakurankai)
Utagawa Kunisada III (Kunimasa IV, Toyokuni V)
1877 (Meiji 10), September 10