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Yoshikado of Sôma at the Ruined Temple (Sôma Yoshikado kodera no zu)


「相馬良門古寺之図」
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36 x 75.5 cm (14 3/16 x 29 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44458a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ôta Mem. Mus., Edo yôkai dai zukan (2014), #207; Dai yôkai ten (2000), #65
Signed Kunichika ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
国周画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Horse 8
No blockcutter's mark
改印:午八
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.