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「摂州須磨裏真景（せつしゅうすまのうらしんけい）」 （第一次長州征討）
True View of Suma Bay in Sesshû Province (Sesshû Suma no ura shinkei)
「摂州須磨裏真景（せつしゅうすまのうらしんけい）」 （第一次長州征討）
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.1 x 74.4 cm (14 3/16 x 29 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37289a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Rekishijin magazine, no. 102 (June 2019), p. 80
DescriptionActually a depiction of the First Chôshû Expedition of 1864, a punitive expedition sent by the shogunate against the Chôshû domain in the far west of Honshû, in retaliation for the Kinmon Incident in which rebels had attempted to kidnap the Emperor.
Signed
Yoshimori ga
芳盛画
芳盛画
Marks
Censor's seal: Ox 7 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：丑七改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：丑七改
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.
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.