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Sumô Wrestler Aioi Matsugorô


「相生松五郎」
Utagawa Kuniteru II (Kunitsuna II) (Japanese, 1830–1874)
Publisher: Daikokuya Heikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 26.2 cm (14 3/4 x 10 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45003
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ichiyôsai Kuniteru hitsu
一曜斎国輝筆
Marks Censor's seal: Dog 6 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:戌六改
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.