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「牛若鞍馬兵術励（うしわかくらまにてひょうじゅつにはげむ）」
On Mount Kurama, Ushiwaka Diligently Practices Martial Arts (Ushiwaka Kurama ni te hyôjutsu ni hagemu)
「牛若鞍馬兵術励（うしわかくらまにてひょうじゅつにはげむ）」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1810s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.4 x 51.9 cm (14 5/16 x 20 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29035, 11.29075
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
NHK, Yoshitsune ten (2005), #179; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 5, Victoria and Albert Museum II (1987), fig. 7
DescriptionDiptych (two sheets of incomplete triptych): 11.29035 (left), 11.29075 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.21504-6 (complete triptych); 11.29035VR (11.29035, 11.29075; right and center sheets only), 11.40077a-c (complete triptych)
MFA impressions: 11.21504-6 (complete triptych); 11.29035VR (11.29035, 11.29075; right and center sheets only), 11.40077a-c (complete triptych)
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
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.
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.