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Minamoto Ushiwakamaru and Musashibô Benkei, from the series Mirror of Military Excellence and Fierce Courage (Buei môyû kagami)


「武英猛勇鏡 源牛若丸 武蔵坊弁慶」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Iseya Sanjirō (Eijudō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1836 (Tenpô 7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 25.4 cm (14 1/2 x 10 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16466
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Shibuya Kuritsu Shôtô Bijutsukan, Musha-e (2003), #59; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S7.5
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16466, 64.2390
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.