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「武勇准源氏 夕顔 武蔵坊弁慶」
Yûgao: Musashibô Benkei, from the series Heroic Comparisons for the Chapters of Genji (Buyû nazorae Genji)
「武勇准源氏 夕顔 武蔵坊弁慶」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1843 (Tenpô 14)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
36.8 × 16.8 cm (14 1/2 × 6 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45399.11
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Suzuki et al., Utagawa Kuniyoshi ten (1996), #48; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S28-4; the series: Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G445 (no photos)
DescriptionFrom a scrapbook including Toba-e cartoons, surimono, miscellaneous ukiyo-e prints, and a few senjafuda: 11.45399.1-.43
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Mura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村
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.
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.