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The Ghosts of the Heike Appear at Daimotsu Bay in Settsu Province (Sesshû Daimotsu no ura Heike onryô arawaruru zu)


「摂州大物浦平家怨霊顕る図」
Katsushika Hokui (Japanese, active about 1830s–1870s)
Publisher: Kazusaya Iwazô (Iwakichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–50 (Kôka 4–Kaei 3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36 x 73.9 cm (14 3/16 x 29 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37167a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné NHK, Yoshitsune ten (2005), #192
Signed Hokui ga (on center sheet)
北為画
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、村田
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.