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「鬼児嶋弥太郎 西方院赤坊主」
Onikojima Yatarô and Seihô-in Akabôzu, from an untitled series of warriors in combat
「鬼児嶋弥太郎 西方院赤坊主」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1833–35 (Tenpô 4–6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.6 x 26.2 cm (14 13/16 x 10 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17553
OUT ON LOAN
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hokusai Updated (2019), #394; MFA, Hokusai (2013), #95; Calza, Hokusai (2003), V.52.1; Lane, Hokusai: Life and Work (1989), list #160, fig. 146; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 230, vertical ôban #19.4; others in the series: TNM, Hokusai (2005), #s 382-385
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.17553, 11.39701
Signed
Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu
前北斎為一筆
前北斎為一筆
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.