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「英男五色合 赤 緋威鎧 薩摩守忠度 岡部六弥太忠澄」
Red for Scarlet-laced Armor (Aka, hiodoshi yoroi): Satsuma no kami Tadanori and Okabe Rokuyata Tadazumi, from the series Five Colors of Heroism (Eiyû goshiki awase)
「英男五色合 赤 緋威鎧 薩摩守忠度 岡部六弥太忠澄」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 34.4 x 24.5 cm (13 1/2 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37998
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S91.1, photo p. 164
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 5
Blockcutter's mark: Fukagawa Hori Chô
改印：改、巳五
彫師：深川彫長
Blockcutter's mark: Fukagawa Hori Chô
改印：改、巳五
彫師：深川彫長
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.