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In the Illustrated Record of the Taikô, Masakiyo Captures Two Wild Beasts Alive and Brings Them to the Camp of His Highness (Ehon Taikôki maki chû, Masakiyo ryôjû o ikitotte denka no jinchû ni hikashimu)


「絵本太閤記巻中 正清両獣を生捕て殿下の陣中に引しむ」
Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.8 × 73.3 cm (14 1/8 × 28 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41214a-b, 11.41237
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kang Duksang, ed., Nishiki-e no naka no Chôsen to Chûgoku (2007), #21
DescriptionTriptych: 11.41214a-b (right and center sheet), 11.41237 (left sheet)
Signed Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga (on right and center sheets), Chôkarô Yoshiiku ga (on left sheet)
一恵斎芳幾画 朝霞楼よし幾画
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 5 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:亥五改
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.