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Part 7: Ushiwakamaru Stealthily Looks at the Secret Book of Kiichi Hôgan (Nanakai, Ushiwakamaru hisoka ni Kiichi Hôgan no hisho o miru), from the series The Life of Yoshitsune (Yoshitsune ichidaiki no uchi)


「義経一代記之内 七回 牛若丸窃に鬼一法眼カ秘書ヲ見ル」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1832–34 (Tenpô 3–5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 23.8 x 37.4 cm (9 3/8 x 14 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17249
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 243, horizontal ôban #85.07
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.17249, 21.8966
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
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.