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「誠忠義士肖像 村松三太夫高直」
Muramatsu Sandayu Takanao, from the series Portraits of the Faithful Samurai of True Loyalty (Seichû gishi shôzô
「誠忠義士肖像 村松三太夫高直」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Sumiyoshiya Masagorô
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Publisher: Sumiyoshiya Masagorô
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kasei 5), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37 x 25.2 cm (14 9/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26073
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû (2010), #144; Schaap, Heroes and Ghosts (1998), #103; Suzuki et al., Utagawa Kuniyoshi ten (1996), #84; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S78.7
Signed
Kuniyoshi ga
国芳画
国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 12
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：衣笠、村田、子十二
彫師：横川彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：衣笠、村田、子十二
彫師：横川彫竹
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.