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The Battle of Kurikaradani


倶利伽羅谷合戦
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1837–38 (Tenpô 8–9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.3 x 74.4 cm (13 7/8 x 29 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38203a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T43
DescriptionAccording to Robinson, this is the only known impression.
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks No censor's seal
No publisher's mark
改印: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.