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「毛理嶋山官軍大勝利之図」
The Great Victory of the Government Forces of Mori [=Chôshû], Shima [=Satsuma], and Yama [=Tosa] (Mori Shima Yama kangun daishôri no zu)
「毛理嶋山官軍大勝利之図」
Shôkôsai Kunihiro (Japanese, active late 1860s)
Japanese
Meiji era
1868 (Keiô 4/Meiji 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban hexaptych; 35.2 x 149.5 cm (13 7/8 x 58 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36789, 11.39166a-e
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 128 (11.39166a-e only); Konishi, Nishiki-e bakumatsu Meiji no rekishi 4 (1977), pp. 8-13 (complete); Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 2 (1935), pp. 6-7 (complete)
DescriptionHexaptych: 11.36789 (left sheet), 11.39166a-e (right five sheets)
Signed
Shôkôsai Kunihiro hitsu (on left sheet)
照皇斎国広筆
照皇斎国広筆
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.