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The Daughter of Dainagon Yukinari, from the series Lives of Wise and Heroic Women (Kenjo reppu den)


「賢女烈婦傳 大納言行成女(だいなごんゆきなりむすめ)」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1842–43 (Tenpô 13–14)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.3 x 24.8 cm (14 5/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15941
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hiraki Ukiyo-e Foundation, Nyan to mo neko darake/ Cats of Many Varieties (2012), #24; Nagoya City Mus., Takaki Shigeru Ukiyo-e Collection (2001), #206; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S20.31
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印:村松
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.