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大日本相撲力士集
Assembly of Sumô Wrestlers of Great Japan (Dai Nihon sumô rikishi shû)
大日本相撲力士集
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.1 x 24.2 cm (13 13/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22724
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Meiji Kotenkai sale cat. (2008), #1698 (complete triptych)
DescriptionCenter sheet of incomplete triptych; title on right sheet.
Signed
Kunitsuna ga
Marks
Censor's seal: (not visible)
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：（申九改）
彫師：彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：（申九改）
彫師：彫竹
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.