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The Brilliant General (Meishô), Takeda Harunobu Nyûdô Shingen, from the series One Hundred Brave Generals at the Battle of Kawanakajima [in Shinano Province] ([Shinshû] Kawanakajima hyaku yûshô sen no uchi)


「信州川中島百勇将戦之内 明将 武田晴信入道信玄」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Shimizuya Naojirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845 (Kôka 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.4 x 25.1 cm (14 5/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38159
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Schaap, Heroes and Ghosts (1998), #37; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S34.1
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.38067, 11.38159
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: Fu
No blockcutter's mark
改印:普
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.