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「源頼光上洛相模国足柄山怪童ヲゑ給ふ」
On the Way to Kyoto, Minamoto no Raikô Meets Kaidômaru in the Ashigara Mountains of Sagami Province and Takes Him as a Retainer (Minamoto no Raikô jôraku Sagami no kuni Ashigarayama Kaidô o etamau)
「源頼光上洛相模国足柄山怪童ヲゑ給ふ」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1837–38 (Tenpô 8–9)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.7 x 72.6 cm (14 1/16 x 28 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.28781-3
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Nagoya City Mus., Takaki Shigeru Ukiyo-e Collection (2001), #63; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T44
DescriptionTriptych: 11.28781 (right), 11.28782 (center), 11.28783 (left)
Signed
Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga (on right and left sheets), Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on center sheet)
朝櫻楼国芳画 一勇斎国芳画
朝櫻楼国芳画 一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
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.
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.