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Musashibô Benkei


「武蔵坊弁慶」
Utagawa Sadafusa (Japanese, active 1825–1850)
Publisher: Fushimiya Zenroku (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1830s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 34.7 x 22.8 cm (13 11/16 x 9 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37230
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Gokitei Sadafusa ga
五亀亭貞房画
Marks No censor's seal
改印: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.