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「日本大相撲関取」
Great Sumô Wrestlers of Japan (Nihon ôzumô sekitori)
「日本大相撲関取」
Japanese
Edo period
1845 (Kôka 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.8 x 75.6 cm (14 1/2 x 29 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39541a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bickford, Sumo and the Woodblock Print Masters (1994), pl. 49; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 5, Victoria and Albert Museum II (1987), pl. 30
DescriptionWrestlers include Matanogorô and Kawazu, Maruyama Gontazaemon, Tanikaze Kajinosuke, Onogawa Kisaburô, Kimenzan Tanigorô
Signed
Kunisada aratame Nidai Toyokuni ga (right sheet), Toyokuni ga (center sheet), Nidai Toyokuni ga (left sheet)
国貞改二代豊国画 豊国画 二代豊国画
国貞改二代豊国画 豊国画 二代豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: Watari
No blockcutter's mark
改印：渡
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：渡
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.