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「新版浮絵忠臣蔵 初段鶴ヶ丘」
Act I, the Tsurugaoka Shrine (Shodan Tsurugaoka), from the series Newly Published Perspective Pictures of Chûshingura (Shinpan uki-e Chûshingura)
「新版浮絵忠臣蔵 初段鶴ヶ丘」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1803–05 (Kyôwa 3–Bunka 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal aiban; 23.5 x 35.1 cm (9 1/4 x 13 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17568
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Hokusai (2013), #15-1; TNM, Hokusai (2005), #51; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 228, horizontal aiban #1.1
Signed
Kakô ga
可候画
可候画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
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.
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.