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「誠忠義士勢揃之図」
Gathering of the Faithful Samurai (Seichû gishi seizoroi no zu)
「誠忠義士勢揃之図」
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37 × 51.3 cm (14 9/16 × 20 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1434-5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych (two sheets of incomplete triptych): 00.1434 (left), 00.1435 (right)
The two diptychs in the MFA collection, 00.1434-5 and 00.1436-7, appear to have been part of a set of two triptychs, with about eight figures on each of six sheets.
The two diptychs in the MFA collection, 00.1434-5 and 00.1436-7, appear to have been part of a set of two triptychs, with about eight figures on each of six sheets.
Signed
Gyokuransai Sadahide ga (on right sheet), Gyokuran Sadahide ga (on left sheet)
玉蘭斎貞秀画 玉蘭貞秀画
玉蘭斎貞秀画 玉蘭貞秀画
Marks
Censors' seals: Muramatsu, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村松、吉村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村松、吉村
彫師：なし
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)