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The Battle between the Minamoto and the Taira at Ichinotani in Settsu Province (Sesshû ichinotani Genpei kassen no zu)


「摂州一ノ谷源平合戦之図」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845 (Kôka 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.1 x 50 cm (14 3/16 x 19 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38068a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T156
DescriptionRight and center sheets of incomplete triptych.

MFA impressions: 06.1286 (right sheet only), 11.38068a-b (right and center sheets)
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: Watari (on center sheet only)
No blockcutter's mark
Mark of unidentified publisher.
改印:渡
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.