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The Syllable Te: Sumino Jûheiji Fujiwara no Tsugufusa, from the series Biographies of the Faithful Samurai (Seichû gishi meimeiden)


「誠忠義士銘々傳 隅野十平次藤原次房 て」
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Daikokuya Kinnosuke (Kinjirô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.3 × 24.2 cm (13 7/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41292
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kinchôrô Yoshitora ga
錦朝楼芳虎画
Marks Censor's seal: Tiger 5 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: ... tô
Artist's seal: kiri
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.