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An Array of Child Heroes (Osanadachi buyû zoroe)


「幼立武勇揃」
Utagawa Yoshitsuya (Japanese, 1822–1866)
Publisher: Shimizuya Tsunejirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Four vertical yotsugiri designs on uncut vertical ôban sheet; 35.6 × 27.3 cm (14 × 10 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37918
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionBased on a triptych by Kuniyoshi, 11.36502a-c.
Signed Ichieisai Yoshitsuya ga (on each design)
一英斎芳艶画
Marks Censor's seal: Hama
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜
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.