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見立頼朝放鶴
Parody of the Story of Yoritomo Releasing Cranes at Yuigahama
見立頼朝放鶴
Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine) (Japanese, 1787–1868)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1815 (Bunka 12)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 38 x 76.5 cm (14 15/16 x 30 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18024, 11.18025, 11.18027
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 11, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, II (1989), pl. 80 (complete triptych); TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 2 (1962), #1632 (L only)
DescriptionTriptych: 11.18024 (right), 11.18025 (left), 11.18027 (center)
MFA impressions: 11.18023 (left sheet only), 11.18024VR (11.18024, 11.18025, 11.18027; complete triptych), 11.18026 (right sheet only), 21.7538-40 (complete triptych)
MFA impressions: 11.18023 (left sheet only), 11.18024VR (11.18024, 11.18025, 11.18027; complete triptych), 11.18026 (right sheet only), 21.7538-40 (complete triptych)
Signed
Kiyomitsu ga (on each sheet)
清満画
清満画
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.