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「道化武者づくし」 （右上から） 楠正行、すさのおのみこと、頼光公、頼光四天王、はんくハゐ、頼朝かぢハら ふしきがくれ
A Collection of Comical Warriors (Dôke musha zukushi): Kusunoki Masatsura (TR); Susanoo no mikoto (CR); Minamoto Raikô (BR); Raikô and His Four Heavenly Kings (TL); Fan Kuai (Hankai, CL); Yoritomo, Kajiwara, and the Hollow Tree (BL)
「道化武者づくし」 （右上から） 楠正行、すさのおのみこと、頼光公、頼光四天王、はんくハゐ、頼朝かぢハら ふしきがくれ
Japanese
Edo period
about 1839–41 (Tenpô 10–12)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.8 x 25.8 cm (14 1/8 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36706
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Nagoya City Mus., Takaki Shigeru Ukiyo-e Collection (2001), #167 (this edition)
DescriptionThe version in the British Museum (1908_0718_0099), probably the first edition, includes both the series title and an individual title on each design. All but the series title in the upper right corner have been removed from this edition, also in the Nagoya City Museum.
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.