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「右大将頼朝公相撲御覧図」
Lord Yoritomo Watching a Sumô Wrestling Tournament (Udaishô Yoritomo kô sumô goran no zu)
「右大将頼朝公相撲御覧図」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Hikotarô (Shôgendô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Fusajirô (Horikô Fusajirô, Hori Fusa) (Japanese)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Hikotarô (Shôgendô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Fusajirô (Horikô Fusajirô, Hori Fusa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1839–41 (Tenpô 10–12)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.6 x 70 cm (14 x 27 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38233a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 201-2906 (R), 201-2907 (C), 201-2908 (L); Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T74
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
No censor's seal
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Matsushima Fusajirô (on center sheet)
改印：なし
彫師：彫工松島房次郎
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Matsushima Fusajirô (on center sheet)
改印：なし
彫師：彫工松島房次郎
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.