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「異朝秦の始皇帝長生不老の仙薬を求めん為に大船十艘を造らし方士除福童男童女五百人金銀珠玉五穀器財を★らし東海蓬莱山へ至るの図」
The First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty in China, in Search of the Magical Herbs of Longevity, Had Ten Great Ships Built, and the Court Magician Xu Fu with Five Hundred Boys and Girls, Carrying Treasure, Food Supplies, and Equipment, Set Out for Mount Penglai in the Eastern Sea (Morokoshi Shin no shikôtei chôsei furô no sen'yaku o motomen tame ni ôfune jissô o tsukurashi Hôshi Jofuku dônan dôjo gohyakunin to kingin shugyoku gokoku kizai o ... rashi Tôkai Hôraizan e itaru no zu)
「異朝秦の始皇帝長生不老の仙薬を求めん為に大船十艘を造らし方士除福童男童女五百人金銀珠玉五穀器財を★らし東海蓬莱山へ至るの図」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1843 (Tenpô 14)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36 x 75 cm (14 3/16 x 29 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16544-6
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Suzuki 1992, #203; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T50
DescriptionTriptych: 11.16544 (left), 11.16545 (center), 11.16546 (right)
Signed
... Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on right and left sheets); Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on center sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Kinugasa (on right sheet only)
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠
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.