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「賢女烈婦傳 婢竹女」
The Maidservant Take, from the series Lives of Wise and Heroic Women (Kenjo reppu den)
「賢女烈婦傳 婢竹女」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1843 (Tenpô 14)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.9 x 24.9 cm (14 1/2 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15942
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Shibuya Kuritsu Shôtô Bijutsukan, Ukiyoeshitachi no shinbutsu (1999), #83; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S20.20
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.15942, 11.36482
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：吉村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：吉村
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.
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.