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見立鞍馬山
Parody of the Story of Ushiwakamaru (Yoshitsune) Learning Swordplay from the Tengu of Kurama
見立鞍馬山
Utagawa Kunimitsu I (Japanese, active 1800s–early 1830s)
With: Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
With: Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1801–04 (Kyôwa era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.3 x 74.3 cm (14 5/16 x 29 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13555, 11.14982, 11.14983
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 3, British Museum III (1987), pl. 1; Ukiyo-e taikei 9 (1976), #s 243-5; Ukiyo-e taisei 10 (1930), #299; Album ... Reproduced from the Collection of Ken-ichi Kawaura (1919), #153
DescriptionTriptych: 11.13555 (left, by Toyokuni), 11.14982-3 (center and right, by Kunimitsu)
Signed
Kunimitsu ga (on right and center sheets), Toyokuni ga (on left sheet)
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.