In Preparation to Conquer the Heike at Their Stronghold in Ichinotani, Lord Yoritomo Makes Noriyori and Yoshitsune the Leaders of Two Sides with Long and Short Spears and Observes Their Practice Maneuvers (Udaishô Yoritomo kô Ichinotani ni tatekomoru Heike o semeotosan to Noriyori Yoshitsune o ryôshô to sadamete chôtan no yari o motte shuren no kakehiki o jôran no zu) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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In Preparation to Conquer the Heike at Their Stronghold in Ichinotani, Lord Yoritomo Makes Noriyori and Yoshitsune the Leaders of Two Sides with Long and Short Spears and Observes Their Practice Maneuvers (Udaishô Yoritomo kô Ichinotani ni tatekomoru Heike o semeotosan to Noriyori Yoshitsune o ryôshô to sadamete chôtan no yari o motte shuren no kakehiki o jôran no zu)

In Preparation to Conquer the Heike at Their Stronghold in Ichinotani, Lord Yoritomo Makes Noriyori and Yoshitsune the Leaders of Two Sides with Long and Short Spears and Observes Their Practice Maneuvers (Udaishô Yoritomo kô Ichinotani ni tatekomoru Heike o semeotosan to Noriyori Yoshitsune o ryôshô to sadamete chôtan no yari o motte shuren no kakehiki o jôran no zu)

「右大将頼朝公一の谷に楯篭る平家を攻落さんと範頼義経を両将と定めて長短の鑓をもつて手練の駆引を上覧の図」

Utagawa Yoshitsuya (Japanese, 1822–1866)
Publisher: Enshûya Hikobei (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 33.3 × 71.7 cm (13 1/8 × 28 1/4 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.39704a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Ukiyo-e dai musha-e ten/The Samurai World in Ukiyo-e (2003), #II-20

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.37939a-c, 11.39704a-c

Signed Ichieisai Yoshitsuya ga
一英斎芳艶画

Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、村田
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.