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Aoyagi Harunosuke, from the series Sagas of Beauty and Bravery (Biyû Suikoden)

(Japanese, 1839–1892)
1866 (Keiô 2), 10th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical chûban; 24.4 x 17.9 cm (9 5/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.35910
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ClassificationsPrints
Inscriptions「菊池家の小姓実ハ漢士の海賊七草官丁禮(しちそうかんていれい)の一子七草四郎年正也肥前国鐘の岬の海底にて父の霊て出會夫より菊池家て仇せんと企しとぞ」
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

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.
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