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「徳川治跡年間紀事 十五代 徳川慶喜公」
The Fifteenth Shogun, Lord Tokugawa Yoshinobu (Jûgodai, Tokugawa Yoshinobu kô), from the series Chronological Record of the Rule of the Tokugawas (Tokugawa jiseki nenkan kiji)
「徳川治跡年間紀事 十五代 徳川慶喜公」
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892)
Publisher: Yorozuya Magobei (Ôkura Magobei, Kin'eidô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Asai Ginjirô (Hori Gin) (Japanese, 1844–1894)
Publisher: Yorozuya Magobei (Ôkura Magobei, Kin'eidô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Asai Ginjirô (Hori Gin) (Japanese, 1844–1894)
Japanese
Meiji era
about 1874 (Meiji 7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.1 x 73.1 cm (14 5/8 x 28 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37579a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Konishi, Nishiki-e bakumatsu Meiji no rekishi 4 (1977), pp. 14-5; Tanba, Nishiki-e ni miru Meiji tennô to Meiji jidai (1966), #13; Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 2 (1935), pp. 18-9
DescriptionYoshinobu, the 15th Tokugawa shogun, escaping to his ship, Kan'yômaru, after the battle of Toba-Fushimi.
Signed
Taiso Yoshitoshi ga (on left sheet only)
大蘇芳年画
大蘇芳年画
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.