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Dragon and Tiger (Ryûko), from the series Pictures of Birds and Beasts (Kinjû zue)


「禽獣図会 龍虎」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1837 (Tenpô 8)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 25.6 cm (14 1/2 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16469
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Iwakiri 2011, #300; Suzuki 1992, #452
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.