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A Depiction of Satô Shirô Tadanobu, Who Left the Horikawa Mansion and Stayed at the House of the Shirabyôshi Dancer Manshi, Where Her Brother Betrayed Him and Ema Koshirô Yoshitoki Came to Attack Him; This Is a Brief Explanation of the Circumstances (Satô Shirô Tadanobu Horikawa no yakata o ochite Shirabyôshi Manshi ga ie ni itaru, ani kore o sonin shite Ema Koshirô Yoshitoki utte ni mukau zu, sono kotowari o koko ni ryaku su)
「佐藤四郎忠信堀川の館を落て白拍子万子が家にいたる 兄是を訴人して江間小四郎よし時うつてにむかふ図 其ことはりをこゝに畧す」 「白拍子万子」 「佐藤四郎忠信 」 「江間小四郎義時」
Satô Tadanobu Facing HIs Enemies 佐藤忠信奮戦
A Depiction of Satô Shirô Tadanobu, Who Left the Horikawa Mansion and Stayed at the House of the Shirabyôshi Dancer Manshi, Where Her Brother Betrayed Him and Ema Koshirô Yoshitoki Came to Attack Him; This Is a Brief Explanation of the Circumstances (Satô Shirô Tadanobu Horikawa no yakata o ochite Shirabyôshi Manshi ga ie ni itaru, ani kore o sonin shite Ema Koshirô Yoshitoki utte ni mukau zu, sono kotowari o koko ni ryaku su)
「佐藤四郎忠信堀川の館を落て白拍子万子が家にいたる 兄是を訴人して江間小四郎よし時うつてにむかふ図 其ことはりをこゝに畧す」 「白拍子万子」 「佐藤四郎忠信 」 「江間小四郎義時」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845 (Kôka 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36 x 74.1 cm (14 3/16 x 29 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38240a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T168
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Hama
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：浜
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：浜
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.