In the Twelfth Month of 1184, When the Taira General Yukimori and His Men Were Entrenched in Kojima Castle in Bizen Province, Sasaki Saburô Moritsuna, in the Vanguard of the Attacker Mikuni no kami Noriyori, Followed the Information of a Prisoner and Crossed the Strait at Fujito on Horseback (Genryaku gannen jûnigatsu Heishô Samanokami Yukimori ika Bizen no kuni Kojima no shiro ni tatekomoru yosete Mikuni no kami Noriyori no sento Sasaki Saburô Moritsuna torabito no oshie ni makasete kiba ni te Fujito no umi o noriwatasu zu) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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In the Twelfth Month of 1184, When the Taira General Yukimori and His Men Were Entrenched in Kojima Castle in Bizen Province, Sasaki Saburô Moritsuna, in the Vanguard of the Attacker Mikuni no kami Noriyori, Followed the Information of a Prisoner and Crossed the Strait at Fujito on Horseback (Genryaku gannen jûnigatsu Heishô Samanokami Yukimori ika Bizen no kuni Kojima no shiro ni tatekomoru yosete Mikuni no kami Noriyori no sento Sasaki Saburô Moritsuna torabito no oshie ni makasete kiba ni te Fujito no umi o noriwatasu zu)

In the Twelfth Month of 1184, When the Taira General Yukimori and His Men Were Entrenched in Kojima Castle in Bizen Province, Sasaki Saburô Moritsuna, in the Vanguard of the Attacker Mikuni no kami Noriyori, Followed the Information of a Prisoner and Crossed the Strait at Fujito on Horseback (Genryaku gannen jûnigatsu Heishô Samanokami Yukimori ika Bizen no kuni Kojima no shiro ni tatekomoru yosete Mikuni no kami Noriyori no sento Sasaki Saburô Moritsuna torabito no oshie ni makasete kiba ni te Fujito no umi o noriwatasu zu)

「元暦元年十二月平将左馬頭行盛以下備前国児島の城に立籠もる寄手三国守範頼の先徒佐々木三郎盛綱捕人の教にまかせて騎馬にて藤戸の海を乗りわたす図」

Utagawa Yoshifuji (Japanese, 1828–1889)

Japanese

Edo period

1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35 × 72.5 cm (13 3/4 × 28 9/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.37346a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ippôsai Yoshifuji ga (on each sheet)
一鵬斎芳藤画

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