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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
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionProbably one sheet of incomplete triptych. No publisher's mark on this sheet.
Signed Kinchôrô Yoshitora ga
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
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)