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The Life of Minamoto Yorimitsu, a Triptych (Sanmai tsuzuki Minamoto Yorimitsu ichidaiki)


「三枚続 源頼光 一代記」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1825 (Bunsei 8)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.5 x 76.2 cm (14 3/8 x 30 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.27082-4
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #107; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 248, ôban triptych #113
DescriptionTriptych: 11.27082 (right), 11.27083 (center), 11.27084 (left)
Signed Hiroshige ga (on each sheet)
廣重画
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.