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「大日本名将鑑 厩戸皇子 守屋大連」
Prince Shôtoku (Umayado no ôji) and Mononobe Moriya (Moriya Ômuraji), from the series Mirror of Famous Generals of Great Japan (Dai nihon meishô kagami)
「大日本名将鑑 厩戸皇子 守屋大連」
Japanese
Meiji era
1879 (Meiji 12), April 1
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 24.3 cm (14 3/8 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18102
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Haubner, Die Macht des Bogens (2014), p. 51; Ing & Schaap, Beauty & Violence (1992), #27.22 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.18102, 2016.1010
Signed
Ôju Yoshitoshi
応需芳年
応需芳年
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.