MFA impressions: 11.16460 (Ibaya edition), 64.848 (Kagaya edition)
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga 一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Watanabe
Provenance
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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Japanese, Edo period, about 1845 (Kôka 2)
- Artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Japanese, 1797–1861
- Publisher Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô), Japanese
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark, Kuniyoshi from Miller Coll. (2009), #14; Machida City Mus., Ukiyo-e dai musha-e ten (2003), #I-162; Klompmaker, Of Brigands and Bravery (1998), fig. 28; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S4a.2
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 26 cm (14 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.)
Accession Number
11.16460
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper