Satsuma no kami Tadanori and Okabe Rokuyata, from the series A Collection of Heroes in Combat (Eimei kumiuchi soroe)
「英名組討揃 薩磨守忠則 岡部六弥太」
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 11th month
Artist Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892), Publisher Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.9 x 24.7 cm (14 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)
Accession Number
11.37601
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Signed
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi hitsu
月岡芳年筆
Markings
Censor's seal: Ox 11 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Matsushima Hori Masa
改印：丑十一改
彫師：松島彫政
Provenance
By 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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection