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「堀川夜討之図 三枚続」 「武蔵坊弁慶」、「御厨喜三太」、「海野太郎」 「九郎冠者義経」、「静御前」
The Night Attack at Horikawa, a Triptych (Horikawa youchi no zu, sanmai tsuzuki)
「堀川夜討之図 三枚続」 「武蔵坊弁慶」、「御厨喜三太」、「海野太郎」 「九郎冠者義経」、「静御前」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1810s (Bunka era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.3 x 51.5 cm (14 5/16 x 20 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40128a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Ukiyo-e dai musha-e ten/The Samurai World in Ukiyo-e (2003), #I-122 (complete triptych)
DescriptionTwo left sheets of incomplete triptych.
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
Marks
No censor's seal
Inscriptions「武蔵坊弁慶」「御厨喜三太」「海野太郎」
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.