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楠家勇士四条縄手にて討死 「四条縄手にて楠家の英雄大敵を引請けて大いに争戦して抜群の高名をあらはすの図」
Last Stand of the Kusunoki at Shijô-nawate
楠家勇士四条縄手にて討死 「四条縄手にて楠家の英雄大敵を引請けて大いに争戦して抜群の高名をあらはすの図」
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.9 x 74.7 cm (14 1/2 x 29 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38229a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Shibuya Kuritsu Shôtô Bijutsukan, Musha-e (2003), #118 (complete hexaptych); Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T346/T347
DescriptionRight half of an incomplete hexaptych.
Full title: At Shijô-nawate, the Heroes of the Kusunoki Clan Take on a Gigantic Enemy Force and in a Mighty Battle Display Their Incomparable Renown (Shijô-nawate ni te Nanke no eiyû taiteki o hikiukete ôi ni sôsen shite batsugun no kômyô o arawasu no zu)
Full title: At Shijô-nawate, the Heroes of the Kusunoki Clan Take on a Gigantic Enemy Force and in a Mighty Battle Display Their Incomparable Renown (Shijô-nawate ni te Nanke no eiyû taiteki o hikiukete ôi ni sôsen shite batsugun no kômyô o arawasu no zu)
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 4
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳四
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳四
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.