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「仮名手本忠臣蔵 初段 つるがおか」
Act I, Tsurugaoka (Shodan, Tsurugaoka), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon Chûshingura)
「仮名手本忠臣蔵 初段 つるがおか」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1801 (Kansei 13/Kyôwa 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 22.8 x 17.5 cm (9 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20454
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 227, vertical chûban #18.1; the series: Lane, Hokusai Life and Work (1989), Appendix II, list #50
DescriptionComplete set of twelve prints by Hokusai, published by Iseya Rihei in about 1801: 11.19926-30, 11.20422-4, 11.20446, 11.20452, 11.20454, 11.20456
Complete set of drawings loosely based on the prints (compositions are similar, but poses of figures are often different): RES.63.36-47
Complete set of drawings loosely based on the prints (compositions are similar, but poses of figures are often different): RES.63.36-47
Signed
Hokusai ga
北斎画
北斎画
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.
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.