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At Ôshima, the Sinking of a Warship from the Capital (Ôshima ni miyakogata no gunsen o yaburu zu): Oni Yasha (R), Hachirô Tametomo (C), and Kiheiji (L)


「大島ニ都方ノ軍船ヲ破ル図」「鬼夜叉」  「八郎為朝」  「喜平次」
Utagawa Sadatora (Japanese, active about 1818–1844)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 38.5 x 78.9 cm (15 3/16 x 31 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37219a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Sadatora ga (on each sheet)
貞虎画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.