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Katô Kiyomasa (?)

(Japanese, 1770–1824)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 38.2 x 25.2 cm (15 1/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.23020
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
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.
Oniwakamaru and Carp in Waterfall
Katsukawa Shuntei (Shôkôsai)
Actor Iwai Kumesaburô I as Yaoya Oshichi
Katsukawa Shuntei (Shôkôsai)
Taira no Atsumori
Katsukawa Shuntei (Shôkôsai)
Wada Shinbochi and Yuasa Hongû Tarô, from an untitled series
Katsukawa Shuntei (Shôkôsai)
about 1813–18 (Bunka 10–Bunsei 1)
Satsuma no kami Taira no Tadanori and Okabe no Rokuyata, from an untitled series
Katsukawa Shuntei (Shôkôsai)
about 1813–18 (Bunka 10–Bunsei 1)
Actor Sawamura Gennosuke I as Minamoto Yorimitsu
Katsukawa Shuntei (Shôkôsai)
1808 (Bunka 5), 11th month