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「鵯越逆落平家落城梶原働図 二枚続」
The Downhill Attack at Hiyodorigoe, the Fall of the Heike Fortress, and the Actions of Kajiwara, a Diptych [sic] (Hiyodorigoe sakaotoshi Heike rakujô Kajiwara ugoki zu, nimai tsuzuki)
「鵯越逆落平家落城梶原働図 二枚続」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1811 (Bunka 8), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.8 x 52.1 cm (14 1/2 x 20 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40120a-b
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), #I-117 (complete pentaptych)
DescriptionTwo right sheets of incomplete tetraptych (title on center left sheet).
MFA impressions: 11.40106VR (11.40106a-c, 11.40121) (complete tetraptych); 11.40120a-b (two right sheets only)
MFA impressions: 11.40106VR (11.40106a-c, 11.40121) (complete tetraptych); 11.40120a-b (two right sheets only)
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
Marks
Censor's seals: kiwame, Hamamatsuya Kôsuke
改印：極、濱幸
改印：極、濱幸
Inscriptions右 「新中納言知盛」
左 「菊地高持」「熊王」「源二」「梶原景季」「真鍋祐行」「生田ノ森平家大手之木戸口かちわら弐度のかけ」
左 「菊地高持」「熊王」「源二」「梶原景季」「真鍋祐行」「生田ノ森平家大手之木戸口かちわら弐度のかけ」
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.