Uesugi Kenshin (R) and Takeda Shingen (L) at the Battle of Kawanakajima – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Uesugi Kenshin (R) and Takeda Shingen (L) at the Battle of Kawanakajima

Uesugi Kenshin (R) and Takeda Shingen (L) at the Battle of Kawanakajima

川中島合戦の上杉謙信と武田信玄

Torii Kiyomasu I (Japanese, active about 1696–1716)
Publisher: Igaya Kan'emon (Bunkidô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1710s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color, nikawa, and metallic powder

Dimensions Uncut hosoban diptych; 33.9 x 32.3 cm (13 3/8 x 12 11/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7169

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Ukiyo-e dai musha-e ten/The Samurai World in Ukiyo-e (2003), p. 120, fig. 15

Signed Eshi Torii Kiyomasu hitsu (on each design)
絵師鳥居清倍筆

ProvenanceJune 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from L. E. Charnley; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.