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「新撰太閤記 寧可玉碎 何能瓦全」 「毛受勝助照景」 「山田藤太夫」
Better a Shattered Vessel of Jade Than an Unbroken Piece of Pottery (Mushiro tama to natte kudake, nanzo yoku kawara mattaku o): Menju Katsusuke Terukage and Yamada Fujidayu, from the series Newly Selected Records of the Taikô Hideyoshi (Shinsen Taikôki)
「新撰太閤記 寧可玉碎 何能瓦全」 「毛受勝助照景」 「山田藤太夫」
Japanese
Meiji era
1883 (Meiji 16)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.6 x 47 cm (14 x 18 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich
Accession Number50.2928a-b
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionA quotation from the Book of Northern Qi (Hokuseisho in Japanese).
Signed
Toyonobu ga (on right sheet only)
豊信画
豊信画
Marks
Artist's seal: toshidama
Provenance1950, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 14, 1950)