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「水江 散花雪」
Snow Like Falling Blossoms by the Water (Emizu sanka no yuki)
「水江 散花雪」
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892)
Japanese
Meiji era
about 1871 (Meiji 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.5 x 73.4 cm (14 x 28 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37605a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Konishi, Nishiki-e Bakumatsu Meiji no rekishi 1 (1977), pp. 98-9; Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 1 (1935), p. 29
DescriptionDepicts the Sakuradamon incident of 1860, in which the important shogunal advisor Ii Naosuke was assassinated.
Signed
Ôju Taiso Yoshitoshi (on right sheet only)
応需大蘇芳年
応需大蘇芳年
Marks
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
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.
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.