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「英名二十八衆句 古手屋八郎兵衛」
Furuteya Hachirobei, from the series Heroes for the Twenty-eight Lunar Lodges, with Poems (Eimei nijûhasshuku)
「英名二十八衆句 古手屋八郎兵衛」
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892)
Publisher: Sanoya Tomigorô (Kinseidô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Shimizu Ryûzô (Japanese)
Publisher: Sanoya Tomigorô (Kinseidô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Shimizu Ryûzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 23.9 cm (14 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37654
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ing & Schaap, Beauty & Violence (1992), #16.9 (no photo); TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 3 (1963), #3153
DescriptionThe series title has also been translated Twenty-eight Famous Murders Accompanied by Verse. Half of the designs are by Yoshitoshi, half by Yoshiiku.
Signed
Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi hitsu
一魁斎芳年筆
一魁斎芳年筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Hare 4 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Ryûzô tô
改印：卯四改
彫師：柳三刀
Blockcutter's mark: Ryûzô tô
改印：卯四改
彫師：柳三刀
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.