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平相国清盛入道
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
Taira Kiyomori Uses Incantations to Delay the Sunset
平相国清盛入道
Japanese
Edo period
about 1842–43 (Tenpô 13–14)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; about 38.1 × 50.8 cm (15 × 20 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.28805-6
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T83, and pl. 41
DescriptionDiptych (two sheets of incomplete triptych): *11.28805 (right), *11.28806 (left)
MFA impressions: 11.16532-4, *11.28805-6 (R and C sheets only; deaccessioned in 2012)
MFA impressions: 11.16532-4, *11.28805-6 (R and C sheets only; deaccessioned in 2012)
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Taka
No blockcutter's mark
改印：高
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：高
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.