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「通俗三国志之内 玄徳馬躍壇渓跳図」
Xuande Jumps His Horse into the Tan Gorge (Gentoku uma o odorasete Dankei o tobu zu), from the series Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Tsûzoku Sangokushi no uchi)
「通俗三国志之内 玄徳馬躍壇渓跳図」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tsuge Shôjirô (Hori Shôji) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tsuge Shôjirô (Hori Shôji) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.3 x 75 cm (14 5/16 x 29 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41811a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Ukiyo-e dai musha-e ten/The Samurai World in Ukiyo-e (2003), #I-199; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T296; Genshoku Ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 4 (1981), #424
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, Ox 5
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Shôji (on right sheet)
改印：浜、馬込、丑五
彫師：彫庄治
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Shôji (on right sheet)
改印：浜、馬込、丑五
彫師：彫庄治
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.
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.