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誠忠義士銘々画伝 「岡野金右エ門藤原包秀 四十三」 「堀部安兵衛武庸 四十四」
No. 43, Okano Kin'emon Fujiwara no Kanehide (R), and No. 44, Horibe Yasubei Taketsune (L), from the series Pictorial Biographies of the Loyal Retainers (Seichū gishi meimei gaden)
誠忠義士銘々画伝 「岡野金右エ門藤原包秀 四十三」 「堀部安兵衛武庸 四十四」
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892)
Japanese
Meiji era
1869 (Meiji 2), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Two vertical chūban prints on uncut horizontal ōban sheet; 25.5 x 37 cm (10 1/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21204
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionThe complete series of unbound prints, 50 designs on 25 sheets (not in order): 11.21193 to 11.21211. The complete series bound as a book: 2011.882
Signed
Yoshitoshi hitsu (on each design)
芳年筆
芳年筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Snake 2 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：巳二改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：巳二改
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.