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In the Melee at the Battle of Dan-no-ura, Noto no kami (Noritsune) Tried to Engage in Single Combat, But Yoshitsune Saw His Intentions and Deliberately Left That Place (Dan-no-ura no tatakai irimidarete Noto no kami ikkiuchi o nasu, Yoshitsune hisshi o kiwametaru o mite waza to sono ba o saketamau), from the series Mirror of the Life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune, the Wellspring of Romance (Hodo Yoshitsune koi no minamoto ichidai kagami, sanryakuden)


「程義経恋源 一代鏡」 「三略伝 檀の浦の戦ひ 入乱れて能登守 一騎打をなす 義経必死を 極めたるを 見てわざと 其場をさけたまふ」 「能登守教経」 「九郎判官義経」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Jôshûya Jûzô / Jûbei (Kinjûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 24.2 cm (14 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37137
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S65.13
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.37137, 11.38129
Signed Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga
朝櫻楼国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, Ox 1
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、馬込、丑正
彫師:なし
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.