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Yu Qianlou (Yu Kinrô), from the series The Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety in China (Morokoshi nijûshi kô)


「唐土廿四孝 庾黔婁(ゆきんろう)」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 24.3 x 16.5 cm (9 9/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30119
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S60.18
DescriptionNo. 24 in the series.

Inscription by Kyôsai.
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
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Kawanabe Kyôsai; by 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.