Yorimitsu Investigates a Mysterious Cloud in the Ashigara Mountains and Acquires Kintoki as His Follower (Yorimitsu unki o sasshite Ashigarayama ni Kintoki o eru)

「頼光雲気を察して足柄山に金時を得る」

Utagawa Yoshitsuya (Japanese, 1822–1866)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshōdō) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Uemura Yasugorô (Hori Yasu) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1858 (Ansei 5), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.7 × 75.9 cm (14 1/16 × 29 7/8 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.39703a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.37953a-c, 11.39703a-c

Signed Ichieisai Yoshitsuya ga (on each sheet)
一英斎芳艶画

Marks Censor's seal: Horse 8
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Yasu
改印：午八
彫師：彫安

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.