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In Celebration of His Visit to the Imperial Court, Lord Ashikawa Yoshimitsu Presents the People with Gifts of Gold and Silk (Ashikaga Yoshimitsu kô sandai no gokeiga shomin e kinhaku o tamawaru zu)


「足利義満公参内御慶賀庶民江金帛於賜波留図(あしかゞよしみつこうさんだいのごけいかしよみんへきんはくをたまハるず)」
Utagawa Sadahide (Japanese, 1807–1873)
Publisher: Sonoharaya Shôsuke (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 7th month (?)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (key block); ink on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 38 × 77.9 cm (14 15/16 × 30 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45511a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Gountei Sadahide ga (on each sheet)
五雲亭貞秀画
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 7 aratame (?)
No blockcutter's mark
改印:亥七改ヵ
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: January 19, 2005)

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.