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The Battle of the Akama Straits at Dan-no-ura in Chôshû (Chôshû Dan-no-ura Akamagaseki kassen)


「長州檀之浦赤間関合戦」
Utagawa Sadahide (Japanese, 1807–1873)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyūdō) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.7 × 73.9 cm (14 7/16 × 29 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39904a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 1 (1935), pp. 98-9
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.37392a-c, 11.39904a-c
Signed Gountei Sadahide ga (on right and left sheets)
五雲亭貞秀画
Marks Censor's seal: Rat 9 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Chô (on right and left sheets)
改印:子九改
彫師:片田彫長
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.