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「大日本名将鑑 左馬頭義朝 長田荘司景宗」
Sama-no-kami Yoshitomo and Osada Shôji Kagemune, from the series Mirror of Famous Generals of Great Japan (Dai nihon meishô kagami)
「大日本名将鑑 左馬頭義朝 長田荘司景宗」
Japanese
Meiji era
1879 (Meiji 12), April 1
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37 x 24.5 cm (14 9/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18109
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Tokyo Metropolitan Library db 212-C001-003; Ing & Schaap, Beauty & Violence (1992), #27.27 (no photo)
Signed
Ôju Yoshitoshi
応需芳年
応需芳年
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.