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Priest En'i (=Saigyô Hôshi) Lectures on the Art of War (En'i bu o kôzuru zu)


「園位講武図(ゑんゐぶをこうずるづ)」
Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904)
Publisher: Maruya Tokuzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.4 × 73.8 cm (14 5/16 × 29 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41148a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga (on right and center sheets), Chôkarô Yoshiiku ga (in screen on left sheet)
一蕙斎芳幾画 朝霞楼芳幾画
Marks Censor's seal: Dog 9 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:戌九改
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.