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「三国志図会内 張飛長坂橋百万勢睨返」
Zhang Fei at Changban Bridge Glowers at the Enemy Force of One Million (Chôhi Chôhankyô hyakumanzei niramikaesu), from the series Illustrated Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Sangokushi zue no uchi)
「三国志図会内 張飛長坂橋百万勢睨返」
Japanese
Meiji era
1884 (Meiji 17)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.6 x 76.1 cm (14 7/16 x 29 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16289-91
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû (2010), #42; Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Ukiyo-e dai musha-e ten/The Samurai World in Ukiyo-e (2003), #I-243
DescriptionTriptych: 11.16289 (right), 11.16290 (center), 11.16291 (left)
Signed
Ôju Yoshitoshi ga (on right sheet)
応需芳年画
応需芳年画
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.
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.