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「美盾八競 晴嵐」 「宮本武蔵」
Clearing Weather (Seiran): Miyamoto Musashi, from the series Selected Eight Views of Combat (Mitate hakkei)
「美盾八競 晴嵐」 「宮本武蔵」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1846 (Kôka 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.6 x 72.9 cm (14 x 28 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38249a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Nagoya City Mus., Takaki Shigeru Ukiyo-e Collection (2001), #104; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 5, Victoria and Albert Museum II (1987), pl. 51; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T176
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Hama
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：浜
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：浜
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.