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The Battle of Ichinotani: The Downhill Attack at Hiyodorigoe and the Flight of the Heike Clan to Yashima (Ichinotani Hiyodorigoe sakaotoshi Heike Yashima ochi no zu)


「一ノ谷鵯越逆落平家八嶋落之図」
Utagawa Sadahide (Japanese, 1807–1873)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tōbei (Kinkōdō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.7 × 73.8 cm (14 7/16 × 29 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37398a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.37398a-c, 17.3209.36-8
Signed Gountei Sadahide ga (on right sheet only)
五雲亭貞秀画
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.