The Last Stand of Kiso Yoshinaka at Awazu (Kiso Yoshinaka Awazu ochi no zu) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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The Last Stand of Kiso Yoshinaka at Awazu (Kiso Yoshinaka Awazu ochi no zu)

The Last Stand of Kiso Yoshinaka at Awazu (Kiso Yoshinaka Awazu ochi no zu)

「木曽義仲粟津落之図」

Utagawa Yoshikazu (Japanese, active 1848–1870)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1856 (Ansei 3), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.3 × 76.2 cm (14 11/16 × 30 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1102a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionProbably a veiled reference to the death of Akechi Mitsuhide.

Signed Ichijusai Yoshikazu ga (on each sheet)
一寿斎芳員画

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 12
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰十二
彫師：なし

ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)