Acrobatics by Pigs (Buta no karuwaza) (R); A Sweet Pastry into the Open Mouth (Aita kuchi e ohagi), Love Makes No Distinction between High and Low: The Famous Holy Man of Shigadera (Koi ni ueshita no hedate nashi, Shigadera no nadakaki shônin) (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 number11.45393.16
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.
