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「東海道五十三対 土山」 田村将軍の鈴鹿山鬼神退治
Tsuchiyama: General Tamura and the Demon of the Suzuka Mountains, from the series Fifty-three Pairings for the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsui)
「東海道五十三対 土山」 田村将軍の鈴鹿山鬼神退治
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845–46 (Kôka 2–3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.8 x 24.1 cm (14 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25048
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T78-50; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S44.51
DescriptionStation 50, from a series jointly designed by Hiroshige, Kunisada, and Kuniyoshi.
MFA impressions: 11.25048, *11.28617 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.28728, 11.45385.50
MFA impressions: 11.25048, *11.28617 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.28728, 11.45385.50
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Mura
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: paulownia (kiri)
改印：村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: paulownia (kiri)
改印：村
彫師：なし
Inscriptions延暦年中奥州安部高丸王命に叛しかは 田村将軍追討として駿州清見が関まで赴きしが ここに合戦の時清水観音霊験の事あり 又鈴鹿山鬼神退治の時も観音の功力にて婦女とけし田村を導き是を討たしむ その眷属どもに数多矢を放ち給ひ 残らづ悪鬼を亡すなり
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.