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「通俗三国志之内 呂布追董卓庭上轉」
Dong Zhuo Chases Lü Bu and Falls Down in the Garden (Ryofu o ou to shite Tôtaku teijô ni marobu), from the series Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Tsûzoku Sangokushi no uchi)
「通俗三国志之内 呂布追董卓庭上轉」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tsuge Shôjirô (Hori Shôji) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tsuge Shôjirô (Hori Shôji) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.4 x 75.8 cm (14 5/16 x 29 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38167a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T302
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on left and right sheets), Kuniyoshi ga (on center sheet)
一勇斎国芳画 国芳画
一勇斎国芳画 国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Ox 8
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Shôji
改印：衣笠、村田、丑八
彫師：彫庄治
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Shôji
改印：衣笠、村田、丑八
彫師：彫庄治
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.