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Better a Shattered Vessel of Jade Than an Unbroken Piece of Pottery (Mushiro tama to natte kudake, nanzo yoku kawara mattaku o): Menju Katsusuke Terukage and Yamada Fujidayu, from the series Newly Selected Records of the Taikô Hideyoshi (Shinsen Taikôki)

Better a Shattered Vessel of Jade Than an Unbroken Piece of Pottery (Mushiro tama to natte kudake, nanzo yoku kawara mattaku o): Menju Katsusuke Terukage and Yamada Fujidayu, from the series Newly Selected Records of the Taikô Hideyoshi (Shinsen Taikôki)

(Japanese,
died in 1886)
(Japanese)
1883 (Meiji 16)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban diptych; 35.6 x 47 cm (14 x 18 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of L. Aaron Lebowich
Accession number50.2928a-b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Provenance1950, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 14, 1950)
Young Man Dreaming of the Yoshiwara
Young Man Dreaming of the Yoshiwara
Utagawa Toyonobu
1770s
Acrobats from Ôsaka, Performing at the Small Theater in Fukiya-chô-gashi
Acrobats from Ôsaka, Performing at the Small Theater in Fukiya-chô-gashi
Utagawa Toyonobu
1770s
Couple Visiting a Hall of Votive PIctures (Ema)
Couple Visiting a Hall of Votive PIctures (Ema)
Utagawa Toyonobu
about 1775
Young Man Dreaming of the Yoshiwara
Young Man Dreaming of the Yoshiwara
Utagawa Toyonobu
Courtesan on a Balcony at Shinagawa
Courtesan on a Balcony at Shinagawa
Utagawa Toyonobu
Conservation Status: After Treatment
With the Help of Singlemindedness, Even One Who Has Not Yet Learned Can Display Skill in an Art (Isshin no hagemi imada manabazaru ni yoku sono jutsu o eru): Matsushita Kahei and Konoshita Tôkichirô, from the series Newly Selected Records of the Taikô [Hideyoshi] (Shinsen Taikôki)
Utagawa Toyonobu
1883 (Meiji 16)
Conservation Status: After Treatment
A Man of Virtue Speaks Good Words (Toku aru mono wa kanarazu kotoba ari): Takenaka Shigeharu and Konoshita Hideyoshi, No. 11 from the series Newly Selected Records of the Taikô Hideyoshi (Shinsen Taikôki)
Utagawa Toyonobu
1883 (Meiji 16), June 20
Immoral Plans Do Not Succeed (Fugi no keikaku tekichû sezu): Wada Iga no kami Koremasa and His Followers Rescue Shin Kubô Ashikaga Yoshiteru, from the series Newly Selected Records of the Taikô Hideyoshi (Shinsen Taikôki)
Immoral Plans Do Not Succeed (Fugi no keikaku tekichû sezu): Wada Iga no kami Koremasa and His Followers Rescue Shin Kubô Ashikaga Yoshiteru, from the series Newly Selected Records of the Taikô Hideyoshi (Shinsen Taikôki)
Utagawa Toyonobu
1883 (Meiji 16)
The Eyes of the Skilful Player Comprehend the Entire Board (Myôshu no manako wa banchû ni amaneshi): Hashiba Chikuzen no Kami Hideyoshi and Kuroda Kanbei Jô Yoshitaka, from the series Newly Selected Records of the Taikô Hideyoshi (Shinsen Taikôki)
The Eyes of the Skilful Player Comprehend the Entire Board (Myôshu no manako wa banchû ni amaneshi): Hashiba Chikuzen no Kami Hideyoshi and Kuroda Kanbei Jô Yoshitaka, from the series Newly Selected Records of the Taikô Hideyoshi (Shinsen Taikôki)
Utagawa Toyonobu
1883 (Meiji 16), May
Hashiba Hideyoshi blowing a mouth-organ, from the series Newly Selected Records of the Taikô Hideyoshi (Shinsen Taikôki)
Hashiba Hideyoshi blowing a mouth-organ, from the series Newly Selected Records of the Taikô Hideyoshi (Shinsen Taikôki)
Utagawa Toyonobu
1884 (Meiji 17)
Katagiri Sukesaku and Yashuhiko Goemon at the Battle of Shizugatake, from the series Newly Selected Records of the Taikô Hideyoshi (Shinsen Taikôki)
Katagiri Sukesaku and Yashuhiko Goemon at the Battle of Shizugatake, from the series Newly Selected Records of the Taikô Hideyoshi (Shinsen Taikôki)
Utagawa Toyonobu
1883 (Meiji 16)
Invasion of Shikoku (?), from the series Newly Selected Records of the Taikô Hideyoshi (Shinsen Taikôki)
Invasion of Shikoku (?), from the series Newly Selected Records of the Taikô Hideyoshi (Shinsen Taikôki)
Utagawa Toyonobu
1883 (Meiji 16)