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「一勇斎国芳」（死絵）
Memorial Portrait of Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi
「一勇斎国芳」（死絵）
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.8 x 27.2 cm (14 1/8 x 10 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37316
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi X Kunisada (2017), #1; MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), p. 48, fig. 1; Iwakiri, Kuniyoshi (2011), #406; ; Suzuki et al., Utagawa Kuniyoshi ten (1996), #315; Robinson, Kuniyoshi (1961), pl. 56; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 3 (1963), #3127
Signed
Ichigeisai Yoshitomi ga
Marks
Censor's seal: Chicken 3 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：酉三改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：酉三改
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: 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.
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.