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In the Kiso Mountains in the 1180s, the Four Heavenly Kings Defeat the White Ape (Yôwa nenchû, Kisoyama ni oite, Shitennô hakuen o taiji no zu)


「養和年中 於木曽山 四天王白猿退治図」
Utagawa Yoshikazu (Japanese, active 1848–1870)
Publisher: Daikokuya Heikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.6 × 73.9 cm (14 7/16 × 29 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37663a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ichijusai Yoshikazu ga (on each sheet)
一寿斎芳員画
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Ox 3
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、渡辺、丑三
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.