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「勇士左馬之助充未敵城を石弩火鉄にて打崩す図」
The Brave Warrior Samanosuke Destroys the Enemy Castle of Atsumi by Bombardment (Yûshi Samanosuke Atsumi tekijo o ishiyumi katetsu ni te uchikuzusu zu)
「勇士左馬之助充未敵城を石弩火鉄にて打崩す図」
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.3 × 49 cm (14 5/16 × 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41258a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 012-1413 (R, not in MFA), 012-1414 (C), 012-1415 (L); Ôta Mus., Ukiyo-e sengoku emaki (2011), #126 (complete triptych)
DescriptionTwo left sheets of an incomplete triptych; title on the missing right sheet.
Publisher's mark is not completely legible, but might be Tsubota (Marks #U347).
Publisher's mark is not completely legible, but might be Tsubota (Marks #U347).
Signed
Ichimôsai Yoshitora ga (on left sheet)
一猛斎芳虎画
一猛斎芳虎画
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
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.
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.