The Ghosts of the Taira Attack Yoshitsune in Daimotsu Bay

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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: Enshûya 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

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

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)