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Complete View of the Great Battle between the Two Generals of Kai Province and Echigo Province at Kawanakajima (Kôetsu ryôshô Kawanakajima ôtatakai, zen)


「甲越両将川中島大戦全」
Utagawa Kuniteru II (Kunitsuna II) (Japanese, 1830–1874)
Publisher: Sagamiya Tôkichi (Ai-To) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Sugawa Sennosuke (Hori Sennosuke) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36 x 73 cm (14 3/16 x 28 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36833a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.36832a-c, 11.36833a-c
Signed Kunitsuna ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
Marks Censor's seal: Goat 5 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Sennosuke
改印:未五改
彫師:彫千之助
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.