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The Great Battle of Awazu Plain (Awazu-ga-hara ôgassen zu)


「粟津原大合戦図」
Takeuchi Tachô (Utagawa Yoshikane) (Japanese, 1832–1881)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (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; 36.5 x 75.6 cm (14 3/8 x 29 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39841a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ichirinsai Yoshikane ga (on right and left sheets); Ichirinsai Yoshikane zu (on center sheet)
一隣斎芳廉画 一隣斎芳廉画図
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Takijirô tô
改印:福、村松
彫師:彫工滝治朗刀
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.