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平知盛亡霊と弁慶
Benkei Fighting the Ghost of Taira Tomomori
平知盛亡霊と弁慶
Japanese
Edo period
1818 (Bunka 15/Bunsei1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.3 x 51 cm (14 5/16 x 20 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30471-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asahikawa Museum, Utagawa Kuniyoshi ichimon no zenbôten (2000), #1-2-2; Ôta Memorial Musem of Art, Kuniyoshi geijutsu no zenbô (1999), #6; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T1; Robinson, Kuniyoshi (1961), pl. 2
DescriptionDiptych (center and left sheets of an incomplete triptych): 11.30471 (right), 11.30472 (left)
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
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.