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Asakura Saemonnojô Sadakage, from the series Mirror of Famous Generals of Our Country (Honchô meishô kagami)


「本朝名将鏡 麻倉左衛門尉貞景」
Utagawa Yoshikazu (Japanese, active 1848–1870)
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.8 × 24.4 cm (14 1/8 × 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37504
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ichijusai Yoshikazu ga
一寿斎芳員画
Marks Censor's seal: Horse 7
No blockcutter's mark
改印:午七
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.