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「秀の山雷五郎」
Sumô Wrestler Hidenoyama Raigorô
「秀の山雷五郎」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
1845 (Kôka 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban-sized fragment, upper half of double ôban sheet; 26.2 x 37.7 cm (10 5/16 x 14 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39443
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 5, Victoria and Albert Museum II (1987), pl. 29 (complete triptych); Crighton, The Floating World (1973), #II.74
DescriptionThe upper half of the center sheet of a double-ôban triptych.
Mark of publisher Yorozuya Jûbei and censor's seal Hama on the lower half of the sheet.
Mark of publisher Yorozuya Jûbei and censor's seal Hama on the lower half of the sheet.
Signed
(Kunisada aratame nidaime Toyokuni ga, on each sheet of triptych, cut off of this impression)
Marks
Censor's seal: (Hama, cut off of this impression)
No blockcutter's mark
No blockcutter's mark
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.