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No. 13, the Twelfth Shogun, Lord Ieyoshi (Jûnidai shôgun Ieyoshi kô); No. 14, the Thirteenth Shôgun, Lord Iesada (Jûsandai shôgun Iesada kô); from the series Fifteen Generations of a Great Family Tree: The Tokugawa Shoguns


「大樹十三世 十二代将軍家慶公 十三」 「大樹十四世 十三代将軍家定公 十四」
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892)
Publisher: Iseya Rihei (Kinjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1875 (Meiji 6), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Two horizontal chûban on uncut vertical ôban sheet; 35.8 x 24 cm (14 1/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37777
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionThe complete series of 16 designs on 8 sheets: 11.37771-8.
Text by Gibokudô Shujin.
The censor's seal is mirror-image reversed.
Signed Yoshitoshi (on each design)
芳年
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 4 (reversed)
No blockcutter's mark
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.