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Minamoto Yorimitsu (Raikô) and His Four Retainers Killing the Shutendôji


大江山酒呑童子を退治する頼光と四天王
Katsukawa Shuntei (Shôkôsai) (Japanese, 1770–1824)
Publisher: Hiranoya Chôemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1813–18 (Bunka 10–Bunsei 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 38.5 x 78.5 cm (15 3/16 x 30 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26922-4
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné King and Iwakiri, Japanese Warrior Prints (2007), #82; Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Ukiyo-e dai musha-e ten/The Samurai World in Ukiyo-e (2003), #I-99
DescriptionTriptych: 11.26922 (right), 11.26923 (center), 11.26924 (left)

MFA impressions: 11.26922-4 (complete), *11.39624a-b (right and center sheets only; deaccessioned in 2019)
Signed Shuntei ga (on each sheet)
春亭画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.