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「頼朝旗起 八牧館夜討図」
The Night Attack on the Yamaki Mansion, When Yoritomo First Raised His Banner (Yoritomo hata-age, Yamaki no yakata youchi no zu)
「頼朝旗起 八牧館夜討図」
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37 x 75.4 cm (14 9/16 x 29 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38180a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Ukiyo-e dai musha-e ten/The Samurai World in Ukiyo-e (2003), #II-41; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T312
DescriptionA disguised illustration of the assassination of Oda Nobunaga at Honnô-ji Temple.
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Tiger 8
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、寅八
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、寅八
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.
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.