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Sasai Kyôzô and Shinbu Kenpachirô, from the series Famous Warriors in Combat (Buyû kômei kumiuchi soroe)


「武勇高名組討撰 佐々井京蔵 辰部賢八郎」
Utagawa Yoshiharu (Japanese, 1828–1888)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.8 x 24.4 cm (14 1/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37381
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ichibaisai Yoshiharu ga
一梅斎芳晴画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 8
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、辰八
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.