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Yorimitsu Sees a Monstrous Creature in the Mountains (Yorimitsu sanchû ni yôkai miru zu)


「頼光山中ニ妖恠見る図 」
Utagawa Yoshikazu (Japanese, active 1848–1870)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.7 × 75.5 cm (14 7/16 × 29 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37668a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba City Mus., Bakumatsu Meiji no Ukiyo-e (Aoki coll. exh. cat., 2005), #66
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.37554-6, 11.37668a-c (different colors)
Signed Ichijusai Yoshikazu ga (on each sheet)
一寿斎芳員画
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、馬込
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.