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Preface for the Pictures of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety in China (Kando nijûshi kô zue jô), from the series also called Morokoshi nijûshi kô


「漢土二十四孝図絵序」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
1846 (Kôka 3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 24 x 16.5 cm (9 7/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30096
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S60
Signed Author of preface (?): Rakuyô Musa Dôjin
Marks No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印:なし
彫師:なし
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.