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At Ataka Barrier in Kaga Province, Saitô Musashibô Benkei Reads the Subscription List (Kaga no kuni Ataka no seki de Saitô Musashibô Benkei kanjinchô o yomu zu)


「加賀国安宅の関にて齋藤武蔵坊弁慶勧進帳を読図」
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1847–50 (Kôka 4–Kaei 3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.7 × 73 cm (14 1/16 × 28 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41352a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionUnidentified publisher's mark.
Signed Ichimôsai Yoshitora ga (on each sheet)
一猛斎芳虎画
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、村田
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.