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Wadatsu Ryûôtarô Masatatsu, from the series Sagas of Beauty and Bravery (Biyû Suikoden)


「美勇水滸伝 和田津龍王太郎正辰」
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892)
Publisher: Ômiya Kyûjirô (Kiyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 24.4 x 17.9 cm (9 5/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35887
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû (2010), #23
Signed Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi hitsu
一魁斎芳年筆
Marks Censor's seal: Tiger 10 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:寅十改
彫師:なし
Inscriptions「神悟頴敏群児と斎からず成長て后七雄を従へ乱臣賊子を亡し大功を現す人ミなその威徳に伏すおのずから龍王太郎の尊称あり」
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

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.