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「大日本六十餘州之内 遠江 刀屋半七」
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
Tôtômi Province: Katanaya Hanshichi, from the series The Sixty-odd Provinces of Great Japan (Dai Nihon rokujûyoshû no uchi)
「大日本六十餘州之内 遠江 刀屋半七」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Other artist: Utagawa Kuniaki II (Japanese, 1835–1888)
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudô) (Japanese)
Other artist: Utagawa Kuniaki II (Japanese, 1835–1888)
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845 (Kôka 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.9 x 25.8 cm (14 1/2 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42443
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S36.11 ("not seen")
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29785, *11.29894 (deaccessioned in 2012), *11.42443 (deaccessioned in 2012)
From a series jointly designed by Kunisada and Kuniyoshi, with insets by various pupils of the two main artists.
From a series jointly designed by Kunisada and Kuniyoshi, with insets by various pupils of the two main artists.
Signed
Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on main image); Toyokuni monjin Kuniaki ga (on inset)
香蝶楼豊国画、豊国門人国明画
香蝶楼豊国画、豊国門人国明画
Marks
Censor's seal: Watari
No blockcutter's mark
改印：渡
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：渡
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.