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「天文十六年越後国府内城主長尾弾正左エ門晴景屋形上杉の命をそむき居城に籠る主命に依る長尾喜平長尾喜平次景虎攻る」
In 1547, Nagao Danjôzaemon Harukage, Lord of Funai Castle [=Kasugayama Castle?] in Echigo Province, Defies the Order of His Overlord Uesugi and Stays in His Castle, and Is Defeated by Kagetora [later Uesugi Kenshin], with Nagao Kihei and Nagao Kiheiji, Following the Orders of Their Lord (Tenmon jûroku nen Echigo no kuni Funaijô nushi Nagao Danjôzaemon Harukage yakata Uesugi no rei o somuki kyojô ni komoru shûmei ni yoru Nagao Kihei Nagao Kiheiji Kagetora yaburu)
「天文十六年越後国府内城主長尾弾正左エ門晴景屋形上杉の命をそむき居城に籠る主命に依る長尾喜平長尾喜平次景虎攻る」
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 34.5 × 71.6 cm (13 9/16 × 28 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39739a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
https://morimiya.net/online/ukiyoe-syousai/M420.html
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.39739a-c (Yamadaya edition), 11.41390a-c (Sawaya edition)
An early victory in the career of the great warlord Uesugi Kenshin (1530-78), originally named Nagao Kagetora. He was a younger son of the Nagao Clan, who were vassals of the Uesugi clan. At the age of 17, he defeated his older brother Harukage (at the request of other clan members who felt that Harukage's incompetence was endangering them) and became the head of the Nagao clan; he went on to become the head of the Uesugi clan in 1561 and was competing with Oda Nobunaga for the control of all Japan at the time of his relatively early death.
The title inscribed on the print may have some historical inaccuracies in the names of the castle and of the other Nagao warriors.
An early victory in the career of the great warlord Uesugi Kenshin (1530-78), originally named Nagao Kagetora. He was a younger son of the Nagao Clan, who were vassals of the Uesugi clan. At the age of 17, he defeated his older brother Harukage (at the request of other clan members who felt that Harukage's incompetence was endangering them) and became the head of the Nagao clan; he went on to become the head of the Uesugi clan in 1561 and was competing with Oda Nobunaga for the control of all Japan at the time of his relatively early death.
The title inscribed on the print may have some historical inaccuracies in the names of the castle and of the other Nagao warriors.
Signed
Ichimôsai Yoshitora ga
一猛斎芳虎画
一猛斎芳虎画
Marks
Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込
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.