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Filial Piety (Kô): Soga Jûrô Sukenari and Soga Gorô Tokimune, from the series Eight Virtues of Warriors (Musha hakkô no uchi)

Filial Piety (Kô): Soga Jûrô Sukenari and Soga Gorô Tokimune, from the series Eight Virtues of Warriors (Musha hakkô no uchi)

(Japanese, active about 1848–1854)
(Japanese)
about 1842 (Tenpô 13)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsHorizontal ôban; 26.4 x 36.3 cm (10 3/8 x 14 5/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.37486
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: 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.
Group Shot: 17.3209.27-9
At the Battle of Yashima in the Genpei Wars, Nasu no Yoichi Munetaka Gained Renown throughout the Land by Shooting Down a Fan as a Target (Genpei Yashima no tatakai ni Nasu no Yoichi Munetaka ôgi no mato o uchiotoshite tenka ni kômei no zu)
Enrôsai Shigemitsu
Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Sekiguchi Yatarô (R), Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Yoshioka Kanefusa (C), and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Miyamoto Musashi (L)
Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Sekiguchi Yatarô (R), Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Yoshioka Kanefusa (C), and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Miyamoto Musashi (L)
Enrôsai Shigemitsu
1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1)
An Auspicious Beast (Ju to iu jû); The Twelve Precepts (Jûni kyôkun)
An Auspicious Beast (Ju to iu jû); The Twelve Precepts (Jûni kyôkun)
Enrôsai Shigemitsu
about 1848–54 (Kaei era)
Treasure Ships Coming In to the Harbor of the Loyal Retainers (Chûshin minato no iri [fune]): Actor (Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Teraoka Heiemon?)
Treasure Ships Coming In to the Harbor of the Loyal Retainers (Chûshin minato no iri [fune]): Actor (Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Teraoka Heiemon?)
Enrôsai Shigemitsu
1851 (Kaei 4), 2nd month (?)
from the series Parodies of the Hundred Poets (Mitate hyakunin isshu no uchi)
Enrôsai Shigemitsu
Tenji Tennô, from the series Parodies of the Hundred Poets (Mitate hyakunin isshu no uchi)
Enrôsai Shigemitsu
Mise (=Ise), from the series Parodies of the Hundred Poets (Mitate hyakunin isshu no uchi)
Enrôsai Shigemitsu
Kane no ...tada, from the series Parodies of the Hundred Poets (Mitate hyakunin isshu no uchi)
Enrôsai Shigemitsu
Tsuba with design of birds, stream and grasses
Tsuba with design of birds, stream and grasses
Kato Shigemitsu
Late 18th–early 19th century
Group shot: 50.21, 11.21692
Apprentice Courtesan (Shinzô) (right), Female Peddler (Onna akindo) (left), from the book Comparisons of the Customs of Women (Onna fûzoku shinasadame)
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1795 (Kansei 7)
Group shot: 11.14959-60
Courtesans Parading at New Year: Komurasaki of the Tamaya and Sanshû of the Tsutaya (Tamaya uchi Komurasaki, Tsutaya uchi Sanshû)
Gokyô
about 1790 (Kansei 2)
Fukuroi: (Actor Arashi Rikan III as) Tadanobu, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)
Fukuroi: (Actor Arashi Rikan III as) Tadanobu, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1852 (Kaei 5), 5th month