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「美勇水滸伝 鳥山秋作照忠」
Toriyama Shûsaku Terutada, from the series Sagas of Beauty and Bravery (Biyû Suikoden)
「美勇水滸伝 鳥山秋作照忠」
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2), 12th 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 Number11.35911
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû (2010), #30
Signed
Gyokuô Yoshitoshi hitsu
玉桜芳年筆
玉桜芳年筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Tiger 12 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：寅十二改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：寅十二改
彫師：なし
Inscriptions「菊池家の重臣鳥山豊後の男にして忠義親に劣らず義によりてハ身命を鵞毛よりも軽んじ王家を睨ふ奸妃大友の若菜姫を討んと千辛万苦せしこと譬る物なし」
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: 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.
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.