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「天文十八年村上義清上田ヶ原に戦ひ敗て越後へ来て本国還住の義を景虎へ頼む義勇を守て村上のため春日山の居城より川中島へ出陣の図」
The Army of Uesugi Kenshin (Kagetora) Sets Out for Kawanakajima from the Castle at Kasugayama, in Fulfillment of His Duty to Murakami Yoshikiyo, Who, After Losing the Battle at Uedagahara in Tenmon 18 (1549), Came into Echigo and Asked for Help in Recovering His Territory (Tenmon jûhachi nen, Murakami Yoshikiyo Uedagahara ni tatakaiyabutte Echigo e kite honkoku kanju no gi o Kagetora e tanomu giyû o mamotte Murakami no tame Kasugayama no ijô yori Kawanakajima e shutsujin no zu)
「天文十八年村上義清上田ヶ原に戦ひ敗て越後へ来て本国還住の義を景虎へ頼む義勇を守て村上のため春日山の居城より川中島へ出陣の図」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.3 x 49 cm (14 5/16 x 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39077a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba City Mus., Bakumatsu Meiji no Ukiyo-e (Aoki coll. exh. cat., 2005), #56 (complete trip., slightly different colors)
DescriptionTwo left sheets of incomplete triptych.
名主の吉村は嘉永2年3月退任なので、本図はそれ以前のもの。
名主の吉村は嘉永2年3月退任なので、本図はそれ以前のもの。
Signed
Toyokuni ga (on right sheet), Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on left sheet)
豊国画(年玉印) 香蝶楼豊国画
豊国画(年玉印) 香蝶楼豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：吉村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：吉村
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.