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Fire of the Signal Flare (Sôzu no hi): Kusunoki Masashige, from the series Selections for the Ten Stems (Mitate jikkan no uchi)


「見立十千之図 相図の火 楠正成」
Utagawa Yoshifusa (Japanese, active about 1837–1860)
Publisher: Hirookaya Kôsuke (Kikujudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 24.3 cm (14 3/8 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37368
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ippôsai Yoshifusa ga
一宝斎芳房画
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 5 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:申五改
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.