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The Battle of Ueno Tôeizan (Tôeizan sensô no zu)


「東叡山戦争之図」
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Kogaya Katsugorô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Hidekatsu (Horikô Hidekatsu) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1874 (Meiji 7), 10th month (?)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.6 × 73 cm (14 7/16 × 28 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39001a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ôju Toyokuni hitsu (on right sheet only)
応需豊国筆
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 10 (?)
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Hidekatsu (on center sheet)
改印:亥十ヵ
彫師:彫工秀勝
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.