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The Ghosts of the Taira Attack Yoshitsune in Daimotsu Bay


大物の浦平家の亡霊
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Enshūya Hikobei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1849–52 (Kaei 2–5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.5 x 70.8 cm (14 x 27 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of John Newland Barron
Accession Number1992.568a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Clark, Kuniyoshi from Miller Coll. (2009), #31; Asahikawa Museum, Utagawa Kuniyoshi ichimon no zenbôten (2000), #1-2-33; Schaap, Heroes and Ghosts (1998), #86; Suzuki 1992, #71; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T242
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.30566a-c, 1992.568a-c
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印:福、村松
彫師:なし
Provenance1992, bequest of John Newland Barron (1917-92, Rhode Island) to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: December 16, 1992)