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「平清盛炎焼病之図（たいらのきよもりひのやまいのず）」
The Fever of Taira no Kiyomori (Taira no Kiyomori hi no yamai no zu)
「平清盛炎焼病之図（たいらのきよもりひのやまいのず）」
Japanese
Meiji era
1883 (Meiji 16), August
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.4 x 76.2 cm (14 3/4 x 30 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21634-6
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû (2010), #41; Keyes, Bizarre Imagery of Yoshitoshi (1980), #19
DescriptionTriptych: 11.21634 (right), 11.21635 (left), 11.21636 (center)
Signed
Yoshitoshi ga (on left sheet only)
芳年画
芳年画
Marks
Artist's seal: Taiso
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.