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「通俗三国志之内 劉玄徳北海解囲」
Liu Xuande [Liu Bei] Breaks the Siege of Beihai (Ryû Gentoku Hokkai e kakomi o toku), from the series Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Tsûzoku Sangokushi no uchi)
「通俗三国志之内 劉玄徳北海解囲」
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), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.2 x 75.9 cm (14 1/4 x 29 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38163a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T307
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on right and left sheets only)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Ox 11
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Shôji (on right sheet)
改印：改、丑十一
彫師：彫工庄治
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Shôji (on right sheet)
改印：改、丑十一
彫師：彫工庄治
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.