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「燿武八景 吉野山暮雪」
Twilight Snow in the Yoshino Mountains (Yoshinoyama bosetsu), from the series Eight Views of Military Brilliance (Yôbu hakkei)
「燿武八景 吉野山暮雪」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1836 (Tenpô 7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.6 x 23.4 cm (14 x 9 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.28698
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S8.2
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.28698, 11.37973
Signed
Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga
朝櫻楼国芳画
朝櫻楼国芳画
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.