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Ryûô Tarô, from the series Lives of Heroes of China and Japan (Wakan eiyû den)


「和漢英雄伝 竜王太郎」
Utagawa Kuniteru I (Sadashige) (Japanese, active about 1820–60)
Publisher: Shimizuya Tsunejirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36 x 26.5 cm (14 3/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36846
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kuniteru ga
国輝画
Marks Censors' seals: Muramatsu, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印:村松、吉村
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.