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Kusunoki Masatsura, from the series Twenty-four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety (Honchô nijûshi kô)


「本朝廿四孝 楠正行」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Muratetsu (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1843 (Tenpô 14)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 26 x 18.8 cm (10 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16597
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S23.13, photo p. 117
Signed Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga
朝櫻楼国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: Fu
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: toshidama
改印:普
彫師:なし
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.