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The Great Memorial Service for People Killed in the Fire (Shôshi dai hôe no zu)


「焼死大法会図(しゃうしたいほうゑのづ)」
Artist unknown, Japanese
Attributed to: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1855 (Ansei 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.4 x 50 cm (14 5/16 x 19 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29507.14a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ôkubo, Namazu-e (Nat'l. Mus. of J. History, 2021), #s 5-6
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29507.14a-b, 11.36497a-b
Signed Unsigned
無款
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

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.