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Children at Play: A Mud Fight (Kodomo asobi doro kassen)

Children at Play: A Mud Fight (Kodomo asobi doro kassen)

(Japanese, 1842–1894)
(Japanese)
1868 (Keiô 4/Meiji 1), 7th month
Country of Origin, for CustomsJapan
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban diptych; 35.4 × 49 cm (13 15/16 × 19 5/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.34998.51a-b
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: September 29, 2004)

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.
The Imperial Tour to the Northeast Setting Out from Manseibashi on June 6, 1876 (Meiji kunen rokugatsu muika Ôshû miyuki Manseibashi no zu)
The Imperial Tour to the Northeast Setting Out from Manseibashi on June 6, 1876 (Meiji kunen rokugatsu muika Ôshû miyuki Manseibashi no zu)
Utagawa Hiroshige III
1876 (Meiji 9), June 6
The Front Entrance of the Tsukiji Hotel in Tokyo (Tôkyô Tsukiji Hoterukan omotegake no zu)
The Front Entrance of the Tsukiji Hotel in Tokyo (Tôkyô Tsukiji Hoterukan omotegake no zu)
Utagawa Hiroshige III
1869 (Meiji 2), 12th month
Evening Bell at the Tsukiji Hotel (Hoteru-kan no banshô), from the series Pride of Tokyo: Eight Views of Famous Places (Tôkyô jiman meisho hakkei)
Evening Bell at the Tsukiji Hotel (Hoteru-kan no banshô), from the series Pride of Tokyo: Eight Views of Famous Places (Tôkyô jiman meisho hakkei)
Utagawa Hiroshige III
1871 (Meiji 4)
The Naval Institute at Tsukiji (Tsukiji kaigunshô), from the series Famous Places in Tokyo (Tôkyô meisho zue)
The Naval Institute at Tsukiji (Tsukiji kaigunshô), from the series Famous Places in Tokyo (Tôkyô meisho zue)
Utagawa Hiroshige III
1873 (Meiji 6), February
The Most Famous View in Tokyo: Brick [Buildings] along the Ginza (Tôkyô dai-ichi meisho Ginza-dôri rengaseki no zu)
The Most Famous View in Tokyo: Brick [Buildings] along the Ginza (Tôkyô dai-ichi meisho Ginza-dôri rengaseki no zu)
Utagawa Hiroshige III
1874 (Meiji 7)
The Mitsui Bank Building in Surugachô (Surugachô Mitsui kan), from the series Famous Places in Tokyo (Tôkyô fuka meisho zukushi)
The Mitsui Bank Building in Surugachô (Surugachô Mitsui kan), from the series Famous Places in Tokyo (Tôkyô fuka meisho zukushi)
Utagawa Hiroshige III
1875 (Meiji 8)
Shinbashi Railroad Inn (Shinbashi tetsudô ryô), from the series Illustrations of Famous Places in Modern Tokyo (Tôkyô kaika meisho zue no uchi)
Shinbashi Railroad Inn (Shinbashi tetsudô ryô), from the series Illustrations of Famous Places in Modern Tokyo (Tôkyô kaika meisho zue no uchi)
Utagawa Hiroshige III
1875 (Meiji 8)
Kudanzaka Lighthouse (Kudanzaka tôrô), from the series Famous Places of Tokyo (Tôkyô meisho)
Kudanzaka Lighthouse (Kudanzaka tôrô), from the series Famous Places of Tokyo (Tôkyô meisho)
Utagawa Hiroshige III
about 1878 (Meiji 11)
Brick Building at Kyôbashi (Kyôbashi renga-zukuri), from the series Famous Places of Tokyo (Tôkyô meisho)
Brick Building at Kyôbashi (Kyôbashi renga-zukuri), from the series Famous Places of Tokyo (Tôkyô meisho)
Utagawa Hiroshige III
1878 (Meiji 11)
The British Legation at Takanawa (Takanawa Igirisu-kan), from the series Famous Places in Tokyo (Tôkyô meisho zue)
The British Legation at Takanawa (Takanawa Igirisu-kan), from the series Famous Places in Tokyo (Tôkyô meisho zue)
Utagawa Hiroshige III
1868 (Keiô 4/Meiji 1), 11th month
Illustration of the Second Exposition in Ueno (Dai nikai Ueno hakurankai no zu)
Illustration of the Second Exposition in Ueno (Dai nikai Ueno hakurankai no zu)
Utagawa Hiroshige III
1881 (Meiji 14), March
A Noted Place of Tokyo: View of Ueno Park with Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom (Tôkyô meisho Ueno kôen hanazakari no zu)
A Noted Place of Tokyo: View of Ueno Park with Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom (Tôkyô meisho Ueno kôen hanazakari no zu)
Utagawa Hiroshige III
1881 (Meiji 14), March