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大江山酒呑童子を退治する頼光と四天王
Minamoto Yorimitsu (Raikô) and His Four Retainers Killing the Shutendôji
大江山酒呑童子を退治する頼光と四天王
Japanese
Edo period
about 1851–52 (Kaei 4–5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.4 x 75 cm (14 5/16 x 29 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38216a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba City Mus., Ukiyo-e ni egakareta kodomotachi (2014), #262; Shibuya Kuritsu Shôtô Bijutsukan, Musha-e (2003), #12; Dai yôkai ten (2000), #74; Suzuki 1992, #137; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T261
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：米良、渡辺
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：米良、渡辺
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.