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Lord Ota Harunaga and His Retainers, from the series Mirror of Famous Generals with Their Four Leading Retainers (Meishô Shitennô kagami)


「名将四天鑑 小多春永公」
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 × 25 cm (14 3/8 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41412
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Môsai Yoshitora ga
孟斎芳虎画
Marks Censor's seal: Rat 9 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:子九改
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.