Advanced Search
Advanced Search

Tenjin (Sugawara Michizane) Riding an Ox


牛に乗る天神 (菅原道真)
Utagawa Yoshiteru (Japanese, 1808–1891)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions 29 x 16 cm (11 7/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20967
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Itchinsai Yoshiteru sha
一椿斎芳輝写
Marks No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
Artist's seal
改印:なし
彫師:なし
版元: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.