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Portraits of the Forty-eight Loyal Samurai (Gishi yonjûhachi nin zô)


「義士四十八人像」
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Yamashiroya Jinbei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.1 x 24 cm (14 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44655
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Yoshitora ga
芳虎画
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印:福、村松
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.