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「熊井太郎」
Kumai Taro Fighting a Bear
「熊井太郎」
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), intercalary 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37 × 25.5 cm (14 9/16 × 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1263
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionProbably one sheet of incomplete triptych. No publisher's mark on this sheet.
Signed
Kinchôrô Yoshitora ga
錦朝楼芳虎画
錦朝楼芳虎画
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat intercalary
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松、子閏
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松、子閏
彫師：なし
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)