As the Cherry Is To Flowers, the Samurai Is To Men (Hana wa sakuragi, hito wa bushi), The Child in the Arms is More Precious Than the One Carried on the Back (Obutta ko yori daita ko), Retribution for Eating Game (Shishi kutta mukui) (R); When a Married Couple Fight the Dog Won't Take A Bite (Fûfu genka wa inu mo kuwanu), However You Scrub Them Black Soapnuts Don't Turn White (Mukuroshu wa migaite mo shiroku naranu), There's No Place LIke Home Even If the Kettle Doubles as a Tub (Waga ei raku no kama tarai) (L); from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu)
Kawanabe Kyôsai
(Japanese, 1831–1889)
Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô)
(Japanese)
1863–66 (Bunkyû 3–Keiô 2)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsTwo vertical yotsugiri (quarter ôban) on uncut horizontal chûban sheet; 18.1 x 24 cm (7 1/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.45393.11
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPrints
Collections
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.
