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「英雄 武者歌々見」 表紙ヵ
Mirror of Heroic Warriors (Eiyû musha kagami)
「英雄 武者歌々見」 表紙ヵ
Utagawa Kunimori II (Japanese, active about 1840–60)
Japanese
Edo period
1840s–1850s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (key block); ink on paper
Dimensions
21.5 x 13.6 cm (8 7/16 x 5 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36782
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPossibly a book cover, but no book with this title, artist, and approximate date is known.
Signed
Kochô Kunimori kaiga
胡蝶国盛絵画
胡蝶国盛絵画
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.