On the 7th Day of the 2nd Month, 1184, Iyo no kami Yoshitsune Descended the Slope at Hiyodorigoe and Captured the Fortress with Kajiwara Kagesue and Kumagae [sic] Naozane; the Heike Were Defeated and Fled to Yashima (Genryaku gannen nigatsu nanoka Iyo no kami Yoshitsune Ichinotani Hiyodorigoe yori sakaotoshi ni jôchû e semeiri Kajiwara Kagesue Kumagae Naozane kômyô Heike-gata haigun Yashima e ochiyuku no zu) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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On the 7th Day of the 2nd Month, 1184, Iyo no kami Yoshitsune Descended the Slope at Hiyodorigoe and Captured the Fortress with Kajiwara Kagesue and Kumagae [sic] Naozane; the Heike Were Defeated and Fled to Yashima (Genryaku gannen nigatsu nanoka Iyo no kami Yoshitsune Ichinotani Hiyodorigoe yori sakaotoshi ni jôchû e semeiri Kajiwara Kagesue Kumagae Naozane kômyô Heike-gata haigun Yashima e ochiyuku no zu)

On the 7th Day of the 2nd Month, 1184, Iyo no kami Yoshitsune Descended the Slope at Hiyodorigoe and Captured the Fortress with Kajiwara Kagesue and Kumagae [sic] Naozane; the Heike Were Defeated and Fled to Yashima (Genryaku gannen nigatsu nanoka Iyo no kami Yoshitsune Ichinotani Hiyodorigoe yori sakaotoshi ni jôchû e semeiri Kajiwara Kagesue Kumagae Naozane kômyô Heike-gata haigun Yashima e ochiyuku no zu)

「元暦元年二月七日伊予守義経一の谷ひよ鳥超より逆おとしに城中へ攻入り梶原景季熊谷直実高名平家方敗軍八島へ落行くの図」

Utagawa Yoshitsuru I (Japanese, active about 1840–1850)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.3 x 50.6 cm (14 5/16 x 19 15/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.37323a-b

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTwo sheets of incomplete triptych

Signed Isseisai Yoshitsuru ga (on each sheet)
一声斎芳鶴画

Marks Censors' seals: Muramatsu, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村松、吉村
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.