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In the Foothills of Mount Fuji, the Soga Brothers Achieve Their Revenge (Fuji no susono Soga kyôdai hôshû no zu)


「富士之裾野曽我兄弟報讐之図」
Utagawa Kuniteru II (Kunitsuna II) (Japanese, 1830–1874)
Publisher: Daikokuya Heikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1868 (Keiô 4/Meiji 1), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.4 × 73.5 cm (13 15/16 × 28 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.34998.99a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionFrom an album of satirical prints, 11.34998.1-112.
Signed Ichiyôsai Kuniteru ga (right sheet), Kuniteru ga (center sheet), Ôkô Ichiyôsai Kuniteru hitsu (left sheet)
一曜斎国輝画 国輝画 應好一曜斎国輝筆
Marks Censor's seal: Dragon 9 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Matsushima Eisei (on right sheet)
改印:辰九改
彫師:彫松島英斎
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 29, 2004)

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.