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誠忠義士銘々画伝 「片岡源五右エ門源高房 四十七」 「堀部弥兵衛源金丸 四十八」
No. 47, Kataoka Gengoemon Minamoto no Takafusa (R), and No. 48, Horibe Yahei Minamoto no Kanemaru (L), from the series Pictorial Biographies of the Loyal Retainers (Seichû gishi meimei gaden)
誠忠義士銘々画伝 「片岡源五右エ門源高房 四十七」 「堀部弥兵衛源金丸 四十八」
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892)
Japanese
Meiji era
1869 (Meiji 2), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Two vertical chûban prints on uncut horizontal ôban sheet; 25.5 x 37.2 cm (10 1/16 x 14 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21203
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Yoshitoshi hitsu (on each design)
芳年筆
芳年筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Snake 2 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：巳二改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：巳二改
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: 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.
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.