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Sôjôbô as Sôjô Henjo and Ushiwaka as Ariwara no Narihira, from the series Characters from the Life of Ushiwaka [Yoshitsune] as the Six Poetic Immortals (Ushiwaka Rokkasen)
Sôjôbô as Sôjô Henjo and Ushiwaka as Ariwara no Narihira, from the series Characters from the Life of Ushiwaka [Yoshitsune] as the Six Poetic Immortals (Ushiwaka Rokkasen)

Sôjôbô as Sôjô Henjo and Ushiwaka as Ariwara no Narihira, from the series Characters from the Life of Ushiwaka [Yoshitsune] as the Six Poetic Immortals (Ushiwaka Rokkasen)

Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)
1829 (Bunsei 12)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
DimensionsShikishiban; 20.9 x 18 cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.25670
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoems by Shûkôtei Takayasu, Shûrintei Takeme, and ShûchôdôProvenanceBy 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.