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Gozu Tennō (=Susanoo) and Inada-hime, from the series Lives of Heroes of Our Country (Honchō eiyū den)


「本朝英雄伝 牛頭天皇 稲田姫」
Utagawa Kuniteru I (Sadashige) (Japanese, active about 1820–60)
Publisher: Shimizuya Tsunejirō (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1847–48 (Kōka 4–Kaei 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ōban; 35.5 x 24.2 cm (14 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39913
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Heroes (2022), #U-2
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.36845, 11.39913
Signed Kuniteru ga
画輝画
Marks Censors' seals: Muramatsu, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印:村松、吉村
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.