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Competing to Be First at the Battle of the Uji River (Ujikawa senjin arasoi no zu)

Competing to Be First at the Battle of the Uji River (Ujikawa senjin arasoi no zu)

「宇治川先陣争図」

Utagawa Sadahide (Japanese, 1807–1873)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 8th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.1 × 26.2 cm (15 × 10 5/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1431

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych.

Signed Gountei Sadahide ga
五雲亭貞秀画

Marks Censor's seal: Chicken 8 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉八改
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)