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Shichibyôe [=Akushichibyôe] Kagekiyo (R) and Mihonoya Shirô Kunitoshi (L)


しころ引き 「七兵衛影清」 「三保の谷四郎国俊」
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1813–15 (Bunka 10–12)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.6 x 49.4 cm (14 7/16 x 19 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13722-3
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 11.13722 (left), 11.13723 (right)

MFA impressions: 11.13722-3, 11.26760-1
Signed Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
Collector's seal (?): illegible seal under signature on left sheet
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.