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「佐藤正清酔狂浪人両虎之勇ヲ挫図」
Satô Masakiyo Defeats Two Drunken Rônin as Fierce as Tigers (Satô Masakiyo suikyô no rônin ryôko no yû o torihishigu zu)
「佐藤正清酔狂浪人両虎之勇ヲ挫図」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1847–50 (Kôka 4–Kaei 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.8 x 75.2 cm (14 7/8 x 29 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21472-4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T203
DescriptionTriptych: 11.21472 (left), 11.21473 (right), 11.21474 (center)
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
No blockcutter's mark
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.