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Sumô Wrestlers Kuroiwa and Marukame Zôgabana at a Restaurant


「黒岩」 「丸亀 象ヶ鼻」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
1844–47 (Tenpô 15–Kôka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 25.5 x 36.3 cm (10 1/16 x 14 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39009
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ôju Toyokuni ga
応需豊国画
Marks Censor's seal: Watari
No blockcutter's mark
改印:渡
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.