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「程義経恋源（ほどよしつねこいのみなもと） 一代鏡 三略伝 牛若丸奥州秀衡の館に在せしとき武芸を調煉したまい後平家を亡して英明を四海にあらわす」
While Staying with Hidehira in Ôshû Province, Ushiwakamaru Masters the Martial Arts; Later, He Destroys the Heike and Is Renowned throughout the Four Seas (Ushiwakamaru Ôshû Hidehira no yakata ni zai seshi toki bugei o chôren shitamai nochi Heike o horoboshite eimei wo shikai ni arawasu), from the series Mirror of the Life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune, the Wellspring of Romance (Hodo Yoshitsune koi no minamoto ichidai kagami, sanryakuden)
「程義経恋源（ほどよしつねこいのみなもと） 一代鏡 三略伝 牛若丸奥州秀衡の館に在せしとき武芸を調煉したまい後平家を亡して英明を四海にあらわす」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1852 (Kaei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.6 x 25.2 cm (14 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38125
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S65.8
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Hama, Kinugasa
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、衣笠
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、衣笠
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.
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.