Advanced Search
Advanced Search

Katayama Kajirô Harutaka (R) and Katayama Katarô Harunori (L), from the series Ten Brave Retainers of Oguri (Oguri jû yûshi no hitori)


「小栗十勇士の一人 形山加次郎春高」「小栗十勇士の一人 形山加太郎春教」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Yawataya Sakujirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1843 (Tenpô 14)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban diptych; 26 x 18.6 cm (10 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22145-6
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S26.11
DescriptionDiptych: 11.22145 (right), 11.22146 (left)

MFA impressions: 08.543.48a-b, 11.22145-6, 2009.4991.94a-b
Signed Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga (on right sheet), Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on left sheet)
朝櫻楼国芳画 一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: Fu
No blockcutter's mark
改印:普
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.