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The Great Battle of Takadachi in Ôshû Province (Ôshû Takadachi ôgassen)


「奥州高館大合戦」
Utagawa Kunihisa II (Japanese, 1832–1891)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 25.4 cm (14 3/4 x 10 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1249
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionCenter sheet of incomplete triptych.

MFA impressions: 00.1249 (center sheet only), 00.1250VR (00.1250, 00.1455, 00.1456; complete triptych)
Signed Toyokuni Monjin Kunihisa ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国門人国久画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 7
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳七
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)