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「高祖御一代略図 文永十一五月廿八日小室山法輪石」
Nichiren and the Levitating Rock at Mount Komuro on the 28th Day of the Fifth Month of 1274 (Bun'ei jûichi gogatsu nijûhachinichi Komuroyama hôrinseki), from the series Sketches of the Life of Nichiren (Kôso goichidai ryakuzu)
「高祖御一代略図 文永十一五月廿八日小室山法輪石」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1830–35 (Tenpô 1–6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 24.1 x 35.4 cm (9 1/2 x 13 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16003
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Shibuya Kuritsu Shôtô Bijutsukan, Ukiyoeshitachi no shinbutsu (1999), #24; Suzuki 1992, #184
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (at lower right, partly torn off)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: (kiwame; in right margin, cut off of this impression)
No blockcutter's mark
改印：（極）
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：（極）
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.