Scene of Yakeyama Pass in the Taiheiki (Taiheiki Yakeyamagoe no zu) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Scene of Yakeyama Pass in the Taiheiki (Taiheiki Yakeyamagoe no zu)

Scene of Yakeyama Pass in the Taiheiki (Taiheiki Yakeyamagoe no zu)

「太平記焼山越之図」

Utagawa Yoshitsuya (Japanese, 1822–1866)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyū 1), 5th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ōban triptych; 36.9 × 75.2 cm (14 1/2 × 29 5/8 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1375a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ichieisai Yoshitsuya ga (on each sheet)
一英斎芳艶画

Marks Censor's seal: Chicken 5 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉五改
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)