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Sano Takenosuke, from the series Lives of Loyal Heroes of Recent Times (Kinsei giyû den)


「近世義勇伝 佐野竹之助」
Utagawa Yoshitsuya II (Japanese, active 1870s)
Publisher: Kimura Sadagorô (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1873 (Meiji 6)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.3 × 24.3 cm (13 7/8 × 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37921
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ichieisai Yoshitsuya ga
一英斎芳艶画
Marks No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印:なし
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.