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Kesa Gozen (R), Endô Musha Moritô (C), and Watanabe Wataru (L)


「袈裟御前」 「遠藤武者盛遠」 「渡辺渡」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Murataya Ichigorô (Muraichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845 (Kôka 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.5 x 75.5 cm (14 3/4 x 29 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41072a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Nagoya City Mus., Takaki Shigeru Ukiyo-e Collection (2001), #75; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T129
DescriptionText: Koromo no Tôji ga musume nite Wataru ga tsuma...
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on left and center sheets), Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga (on right sheet)
一勇斎国芳画 朝櫻楼国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: Tanaka
No blockcutter's mark
改印:田中
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.