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「相馬の古内裏に将門の姫君滝夜叉妖術を以って味方を集むる大宅太郎光国妖怪を試さんと爰（ここ）に来り竟（つい）に是を亡ぼす」
In the Ruined Palace at Sōma, Masakado's Daughter Takiyasha Uses Sorcery to Gather Allies; Ōya no Tarō Mitsukuni Comes Here to Investigate the Monsters and Finally Destroys Them (Sōma no furudairi ni Masakado himegimi Takiyasha yōjutsu o motte mikata o atsumuru, Ōya no Tarō Mitsukuni yōkai o tamesan to koko ni kitari tsui ni kore o horobosu)
「相馬の古内裏に将門の姫君滝夜叉妖術を以って味方を集むる大宅太郎光国妖怪を試さんと爰（ここ）に来り竟（つい）に是を亡ぼす」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1844 (Tenpō 15/Kōka 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ōban triptych; 36.2 x 74.1 cm (14 1/4 x 29 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30468-70
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi X Kunisada (2017), #14; Clark, Kuniyoshi from Miller Coll. (2009), #25; Schaap, Heroes and Ghosts (1998), #53; Suzuki 1992, #70; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T138, and pl. 52; Robinson, Kuniyoshi (1961), pl. 43
DescriptionTriptych: 11.30468 (left), 11.30469 (center), 11.30470 (right)
Signed
Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
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: August 3, 1911)
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.