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「源頼光公館土蜘作妖怪図」
The Earth Spider Generates Monsters at the Mansion of Lord Minamoto Yorimitsu (Minamoto Yorimitsu [Raikô] kô no yakata ni tsuchigumo yôkai o nasu zu)
「源頼光公館土蜘作妖怪図」
Japanese
Edo period
1843 (Tenpô 14)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.7 x 78.3 cm (14 7/16 x 30 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30462-4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Iwakiri 2011, #53; Clark, Kuniyoshi from Miller Coll. (2009), #124; Minami, Edo no fûshiga (1997), pp. 120-1, fig. 22; Suzuki 1992, #441; Takeuchi, in Ars Orientalis 17 (1987); Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T128
DescriptionTriptych: 11.30462 (left), 11.30463 (center), 11.30464 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.22128 (left sheet only, pirate edition?), 11.22712 (right sheet only, pirate edition?), 11.30462-4 (pirate edition?), 11.39572a-c (first edition?)
MFA impressions: 11.22128 (left sheet only, pirate edition?), 11.22712 (right sheet only, pirate edition?), 11.30462-4 (pirate edition?), 11.39572a-c (first edition?)
Signed
Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga (on left sheet only)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
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.