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Takechi Samanosuke Crosses Lake Biwa in Ômi Province (Takechi Samanosuke Ômi kosui watari)


「武智左馬之介近江湖水渡」
Utagawa Kunihisa II (Japanese, 1832–1891)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshōdō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.3 x 75.8 cm (14 11/16 x 29 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36764a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ichiryûsai Kunihisa ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
一竜斎国久画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Tiger 7 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:寅七改
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: 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.