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Acrobatic Performance with Balls, by Kikukawa Kunimaru from Osaka, at Asakusa

(Japanese, active 1850s–60s)
1841 (Tenpô 12), 3rd month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions36.1 x 47.8 cm (14 3/16 x 18 13/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.45598
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ClassificationsPrints
Inscriptions「大序 寿三番叟 高まり 第二 ありわらのむかし男の姿とは おこがましくも渡る八ッ橋 第三 豊年を悦ぶ翁煙草 こくうを走る仙人の術 第四 張良が沓を捧し橋ならで 是は風流木曾の桟橋 第五 膝渡し左右流しや滝落し 浪を分つゝ雲にかくるゝ 第六 小廻りしゑを拾いッヽ、遊ぶ鞠 雲井はるかに渡る中釣 第七 生花を受流しッヽ折敷て 大廻りしてむかふ乱ぐひ 第八 登り龍くだりし龍や虎こま(ママ) たすきにかけて雁の入首 第九 柴船を足で留たる平た蛛 高く蹴あげて見るも一曲 第十 八重桜額にかけて腕流し、雲井を通ふ雁金の曲」
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.