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「通俗三国志英雄之壹人」 張飛
Zhang Fei (Chôhi), from the series Heroes of the Popular History of the Three Kingdoms (Tsûzoku Sangokushi eiyû no ichinin)
「通俗三国志英雄之壹人」 張飛
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Hori Sashichi (Japanese)
Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Hori Sashichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1836 (Tenpô 7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.6 x 23.7 cm (14 7/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38107
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Shibuya Kuritsu Shôtô Bijutsukan, Musha-e (2003), #156; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S10.7
Signed
Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga
朝櫻楼国芳画
朝櫻楼国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Sashichi
改印：極
彫師：彫工佐七
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Sashichi
改印：極
彫師：彫工佐七
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.
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.