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Ushiwakamaru Kills the Bandits at Akasaka Station (Akasaka no shuku ni te Ushiwakamaru gôtô o kiru)


「赤坂の宿にて牛若丸斬強盗」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1836 (Tenpô 7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.5 x 23.1 cm (14 x 9 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30430-2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kuniyoshi Project db; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T40
DescriptionTriptych: 11.30430 (left), 11.30431 (center), 11.30432 (right)
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.