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No. 5, Hu Yanzhuo (Ko Enshaku), from the series Five Tiger Generals of the Suikoden (Suikoden goko shôgun)


「水滸伝五虎将軍 其五 呼延灼」
Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786?–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1828 (Bunsei 11)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Shikishiban; 21 x 18.7 cm (8 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19859
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ohki w/ Haliburton, Private World of Surimono (2020), checklist #88; Chiba Museum, Edo no surimono (1997), #271 (second state); Christie's Sale Catalogue #7576 (October 23, 1992), lot #62 (second state)
DescriptionPentaptych: 11.19856 (right), 11.19857 (center right), 11.19858 (center), 11.19859 (left), 11.20477 (center left)
Signed Gakutei Sadaoka hitsu
岳亭定岡筆
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.