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「平維茂戸隠山鬼女退治之図」
Taira Koremochi Vanquishes a Female Demon at Togakushi Mountain (Taira Koremochi Togakushiyama kijo taiji no zu)
「平維茂戸隠山鬼女退治之図」
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892)
Publisher: Matsui Eikichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Negishi Chokuzan (Japanese)
Publisher: Matsui Eikichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Negishi Chokuzan (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1887 (Meiji 20)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban, upright diptych; 72.5 x 24.5 cm (28 9/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16272, 11.16274
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Shibuya Kuritsu Shôtô Bijutsukan, Musha-e (2003), #34; Museum of Kyoto, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi ten (2001), #123; Asahikawa Museum, Utagawa Kuniyoshi ichimon no zenbôten (2000), #3-23-13; Hizô ukiyo-e taikan: Mura (Muller coll.; 1990), pl. 169
DescriptionDiptych: 11.16272 (top), 11.16274 (bottom)
Signed
Yoshitoshi (on lower sheet)
芳年
芳年
Marks
Blockcutter's mark: Chokuzan tô (on lower sheet)
Artist's seal: Yoshitoshi no in (on lower sheet)
彫師：直山刀
Artist's seal: Yoshitoshi no in (on lower sheet)
彫師：直山刀
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.