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「勧進大相撲興行之全図」
Complete View of the Fund-raising Sumô Tournament (Kanjin ôzumô kôgyô no zenzu)
「勧進大相撲興行之全図」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1829 (Bunsei 12), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.5 x 75.6 cm (14 3/8 x 29 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15915-7
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bickford, Sumo and the Woodblock Print Masters (1994), pp. 6-7
DescriptionTriptych: 11.15915 (left), 11.15916 (center), 11.15917 (right)
Signed
Kunisada ga (on right sheet), Kôchôrô Kunisada ga (on center and left sheets)
国貞画 香蝶楼国貞画
国貞画 香蝶楼国貞画
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
改印：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.