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祐天不動の長剣呑む図
Fudô Threatening Yûten with His Sword
祐天不動の長剣呑む図
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892)
Japanese
Meiji era
1885 (Meiji 18), May
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37 x 73.7 cm (14 9/16 x 29 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21637-9
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ing & Schaap, Beauty & Violence (1992), #48; Keyes, Bizarre Imagery of Yoshitoshi (1980), #26
DescriptionTriptych: 11.21637 (right), 11.21638 (center), 11.21639 (left)
Signed
Yoshitoshi (on left sheet only)
芳年
芳年
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.