In a Valiant Battle, Satô Tadanobu Resists the Forces of Yoshitoki (Satô Tadanobu yûsen Yoshitoki ga sei o yaburu zu)

「佐藤忠信勇戦義時が勢を破る図」

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1855 (Ansei 2), 9th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych, creped; 21 x 46.3 cm (8 1/4 x 18 1/4 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.36756a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Shibuya Kuritsu Shôtô Bijutsukan, Musha-e (2003), #91; Nagoya City Mus., Takaki Shigeru Ukiyo-e Collection (2001), #89; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T321, fig. 23

Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 9
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Kane (on right and left sheets), Ôizumi Hori Kane (on center sheet)
改印：改、卯九
彫師：彫兼　大泉彫兼

ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.