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「本朝劔道略傳 宮本武蔵」
Miyamoto Musashi, from the series Biographies of Our Country's Swordsmen (Honchô kendô ryakuden)
「本朝劔道略傳 宮本武蔵」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845–46 (Kôka 2–3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.2 x 25.8 cm (15 1/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21930
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S37.16
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.21930, 11.28664
Possibly the right sheet of a diptych, with 11.21931, 11.38006.
Possibly the right sheet of a diptych, with 11.21931, 11.38006.
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Kinugasa
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠
彫師：なし
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.