Gen no Sanmi Yorimasa and I no Hayata Killing the Nue, a Votive Picture Donated to the Kannon of Asakusa, Painted by Toryûô Kô Sûkoku, as Sketched by Kôchôrô Kunisada (Asakusa Kanzeon gaku, Toryûô Kô Sûkoku hitsu, Kôchôrô Kunisada shukuzu) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Gen no Sanmi Yorimasa and I no Hayata Killing the Nue, a Votive Picture Donated to the Kannon of Asakusa, Painted by Toryûô Kô Sûkoku, as Sketched by Kôchôrô Kunisada (Asakusa Kanzeon gaku, Toryûô Kô Sûkoku hitsu, Kôchôrô Kunisada shukuzu)

Gen no Sanmi Yorimasa and I no Hayata Killing the Nue, a Votive Picture Donated to the Kannon of Asakusa, Painted by Toryûô Kô Sûkoku, as Sketched by Kôchôrô Kunisada (Asakusa Kanzeon gaku, Toryûô Kô Sûkoku hitsu, Kôchôrô Kunisada shukuzu)

「浅草観世音額　屠竜翁高嵩谷筆　香蝶楼国貞縮図」「猪ノ早太」　「源三位頼政」

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyūdō) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1820s (Bunsei era)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 37 x 49.2 cm (14 9/16 x 19 3/8 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.40125a-b

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada shukuzu (part of title)
香蝶楼国貞縮図

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

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.