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Izumi Shikibu, from the series Lives of Wise and Heroic Women (Kenjo reppu den)


「賢女烈婦伝 和泉式部」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1843 (Tenpô 14)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 24.6 cm (14 1/4 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15999
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S20.10
Signed Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga
朝櫻楼国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: Yoshimura
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.