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酒呑童子 褒賞
Raikô Presenting Shutendôji's Head to the Emperor, from an untitled series of the Shutendôji story
酒呑童子 褒賞
Japanese
Edo period
about 1680 (Enpô 8)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color added later
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 27.4 x 36.3 cm (10 13/16 x 14 5/16 in. )
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13424
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba City Art Mus., Shoki ukiyo-e ten (2016), cat. no. 46; King and Iwakiri, J. Warrior Prints (2007), #9; Chiba City Art Mus., Hishikawa Moronobu ten (2000), cat. no. 83; Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #10
DescriptionNo. 18 (or 19?), the final sheet in the series. The number 19 is in the lower right margin, cut off of this impression. However, only 18 sheets in the series are known; so either the sheets were misnumbered or there is another sheet yet to be identified. The MFA has 17 sheets, lacking only no. 10 (Shutendôji's drinking party, Chiba cat. no 75).
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
ProvenanceBy 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.
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.