Oh, That's Cold (Oo tsumetai)/ Lamprey from Suwa in Shinano Province (Shinshû Suwa yatsume unagi), from the series Auspicious Desires on Land and Sea (Sankai medetai zue)

Signed

Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (main design); Tori-jo ga (inset) 一勇斎国芳画　とり女画

Marks

Censors' seals: Murata, Kinugasa, Rat 8 Artist's seal: kiri

Provenance

By 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911) 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.

Credit Line

William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Japanese, Edo period, 1852 (Kaei 5), 8th month

• Artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Japanese, 1797–1861
• Other artist Utagawa Yoshitori-jo, Japanese, active about 1848–1864
• Publisher Mitaya Kihachi, Japanese

Collections

Asia

Classifications

Prints