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「勧進大相撲興行之圖」
Performance of Sumô Fund-raising Tournament (Kanjin ôzumô kôgyô no zu)
「勧進大相撲興行之圖」
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.7 x 75.1 cm (14 7/16 x 29 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14041-3
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Edo Tokyo Museum, Hakuran toshi Edo Tôkyô (1993), #1-18 (incorrectly dated 1820s)
DescriptionTriptych: 11.14041 (left), 11.14042 (right), 11.14043 (center)
Signed
Ôju Ichiyôsai Toyokuni hitsu (on right sheet), Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on center and left sheets)
需應一陽斎豊国筆 香蝶楼豊国画
需應一陽斎豊国筆 香蝶楼豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: Mura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村
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.