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「侠勇祥虎伝 宮城野」
Miyagino, from the series Lives of Valiant Tiger Warriors (Kyôyû shôko den)
「侠勇祥虎伝 宮城野」
Japanese
Meiji era
1870 (Meiji 3), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 18.3 × 12.4 cm (7 3/16 × 4 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22719
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga
一蕙斎芳幾画
一蕙斎芳幾画
Marks
Censor's seal: Horse 8 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：午八改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：午八改
彫師：なし
Inscriptions「奥州白石領農夫与太郎のむすめたり 父の横死を憤り江戸へ出て常悦に隨從すること五年 竟に兵法その奥義にいたれバ常悦芝田坪内らを後見として本國へ復し念なふ?かたき團七を討せたり」
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.