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The Fourth Shogun, Lord Ietsuna of the Gen'yûin (Yodai Gen'yûin-dono Ietsuna kô), from the series Chronological Record of the Rule of the Tokugawas (Tokugawa jiseki nenkan kiji)


「徳川治跡年間紀事 四代 厳有院殿家綱公」
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892)
Other artist: Kôsai Toshimitsu (Japanese, active 1870s)
Japanese
Meiji era
about 1874 (Meiji 7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.3 x 73.1 cm (13 7/8 x 28 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37582a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionIetsuna, the 4th Tokugawa shogun, visiting the family mausoleum at Nikkô.
Signed Taiso Yoshitoshi ga; hojo Kôsai Toshimitsu (on right sheet only)
大蘇芳年画、補助高齋年充
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.