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「東叡山文殊樓焼討之図 慶応戊辰五月十五日」
The Burning of the Monju Hall at Tôeizan Temple on the 15th Day of the 5th Month, 1868 (Tôeizan Monjû-rô yakiuchi no zu Keiô boshin gogatsu jûgonichi)
「東叡山文殊樓焼討之図 慶応戊辰五月十五日」
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892)
Other artist: Kôsai Toshimitsu (Japanese, active 1870s)
Publisher: Yorozuya Magobei (Ôkura Magobei, Kin'eidô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Hidekatsu (Horikô Hidekatsu) (Japanese)
Other artist: Kôsai Toshimitsu (Japanese, active 1870s)
Publisher: Yorozuya Magobei (Ôkura Magobei, Kin'eidô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Hidekatsu (Horikô Hidekatsu) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1874 (Meiji 7), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 34.8 × 74.2 cm (13 11/16 × 29 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37586a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Konishi, Nishiki-e bakumatsu Meiji no rekishi 4 (1977), pp. 52-3; Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 2 (1935), pp. 54-5
Signed
Ôju Taiso Yoshitoshi; hojo Kôsai Toshimitsu (on left sheet only)
応需大蘇芳年、補筆高齋年充
応需大蘇芳年、補筆高齋年充
Marks
Censor's seal: Boar 12
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Hidekatsu
改印：亥十二
彫師：彫工秀勝
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Hidekatsu
改印：亥十二
彫師：彫工秀勝
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.