Puns Just Like This: The Fifty-three Cats of the Ailurophile (Sono mama jiguchi: Myōkaikō gojūsan biki)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
(Japanese, 1797–1861)
Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô)
(Japanese)
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban triptych; 37.1 × 76.2 cm (14 5/8 × 30 in.)
Credit LineKeith McLeod Fund
Accession number2019.193a-c
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPrints
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1961, Basil William Robinson (b. 1912– d. 2005), London [see note]; November 7, 2007, posthumous B. W. Robinson sale (sale 7432), Christie’s, London, lot 611, to Sebastian Izzard (dealer), New York; sold by Sebastian Izzard to a private collector, who sold it back; 2019, sold by Sebastian Izzard to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 24, 2019)
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1842–43 (Tenpô 13–14)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1830–35 (Tenpô 1–6)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)
