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「宮本武蔵相州箱根の山中に狼を多く退治して神免の責術あらはし初て関口にまみゆ」
Miyamoto Musashi Subdues a Pack of Wolves in the Mountains of Hakone in Sagami Province, Displaying His Marvelous God-given Ability, and Meets Sekiguchi for the First Time (Miyamoto Musashi Sôshû Hakone no sanchû ni ôkami o ooku taiji shite shinmen no kijutsu o arawashite hajimete Sekiguchi ni mamiyu)
「宮本武蔵相州箱根の山中に狼を多く退治して神免の責術あらはし初て関口にまみゆ」
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.8 x 73.3 cm (14 1/2 x 28 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16388, 11.24613, 11.21614
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T358
DescriptionTriptych: 11.16388 (right), 11.21613 (left), 11.21614 (center)
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Chicken 4 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：酉四改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：酉四改
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.