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「越中立山の地獄谷に肉芝道人蛙合戦の奇をあらはし良門伊賀寿の両雄に妖術を授く」
At Hell Valley on Mount Tate in Etchû Province, Nikushi Dôjin Demonstrates a Battle of Frogs and Teaches Magic to the Two Comrades Yoshikado and Iga Ju (Etchû Tateyama no Jigokudani ni Nikushi Dôjin kawazu kassen no ki o arawashi Yoshikado Iga Ju no ryôyû ni yôjutsu o sazuku)
「越中立山の地獄谷に肉芝道人蛙合戦の奇をあらはし良門伊賀寿の両雄に妖術を授く」
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.7 × 74.8 cm (14 1/16 × 29 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41382a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôta Mem. Mus., Edo yôkai dai zukan (2014), #211; Asahikawa Museum, Utagawa Kuniyoshi ichimon no zenbôten (2000), #3-21-1; Dai yôkai ten (2000), #83
Signed
Yoshitora ga (on each sheet)
芳虎画
芳虎画
Marks
Censor's seal: Rat 6 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：子六改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：子六改
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.
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.