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Ude no Kisaburô, from the series Lives of Brave and Hot-blooded Heroes (Yûretsu kekki den)


「勇烈血気伝 腕の喜三郎」
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Hiranoya Shinzô (Aikindô)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.3 × 24.1 cm (13 7/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41404
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kinchôrô Yoshitora ga
錦朝楼芳虎画
Marks Censor's seal: Tiger 5 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Tashichi
改印:寅五改
彫師:彫多七
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.