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The Sixteen Retainers of Masakiyo (Masakiyo jûroku shin)


「正清十六臣」
Utagawa Yoshikazu (Japanese, active 1848–1870)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.3 × 77.2 cm (14 5/16 × 30 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37559a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kang Duksang, ed., Nishiki-e no naka no Chôsen to Chûgoku (2007), #5
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.37559a-c, 11.37681a-c, 11.39717a-c
Signed Ichijusai Yoshikazu ga (on each sheet)
一寿斎芳員画
Marks Censor's seal: Goat 2 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:未弐改
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.