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No. 14, Wife of Okano Gin'emon, from the series Stories of Faithful Hearts and True Loyalty (Seichû gishin den)


「誠忠義心傳 岡野銀右エ門妻 十四」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847 (Kôka 4), 7th month to 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.7 x 25.2 cm (14 1/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26023
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Weinberg, Kuniyoshi: The Faithful Samurai (2000), #II.14; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S56.14
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、村田
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: August 3, 1911)

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.