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The Nineteen Retainers of Yoshitsune (Yoshitsune jûku shin no zu)

The Nineteen Retainers of Yoshitsune (Yoshitsune jûku shin no zu)

「義経十九臣之図」

Utagawa Kunimitsu II (Japanese, active 1850s)
Publisher: Iseya Tôkichi (Daikyôdô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1863 (Bunkyû 3), 9th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37 x 76.7 cm (14 9/16 x 30 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1376a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.1376a-c, 11.21429-31

Signed Ichiransai Kunimitsu ga (on right sheet), Kunimitsu ga (on center and left sheets)

Marks Censor's seal: Boar 9 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：亥九改
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)