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「加賀国安宅の新関にて義経主従、富樫左衛門に見とかめられしを東大寺大仏殿建立の験者と偽り、弁慶即智を以て勧進帳を読上げて危難を遁給ふ」（かがのくにあたかのしんせきにてよしつねしゅじゅう、とがしさえもんにみとがめられしをとうだいじだいぶつでんこんりゅうのげんじゃといつわり、べんけいそくちをもつてかんじんちょうをよみあげてきなんをまぬかれたまう）
At the Ataka Checkpoint in Kaga Province, When Yoshitsune and His Followers Are Suspected by Togashi Saemon, They Pretend to be Ascetics Raising Money for the Construction of the Great Buddha Hall at Tôdai-ji Temple; Benkei Uses His Skills to Read Out a Subscription List, and They Escape the Danger (Kaga no kuni Ataka no shinseki ni te Yoshitsune shujû Togashi Saemon ni mitogamerareshi o Tôdaiji daibutsuden konryû no genja to itsuwari Benkei sokuchi o motte kanjinchô o yomiagete kinan o manukaretamau)
「加賀国安宅の新関にて義経主従、富樫左衛門に見とかめられしを東大寺大仏殿建立の験者と偽り、弁慶即智を以て勧進帳を読上げて危難を遁給ふ」（かがのくにあたかのしんせきにてよしつねしゅじゅう、とがしさえもんにみとがめられしをとうだいじだいぶつでんこんりゅうのげんじゃといつわり、べんけいそくちをもつてかんじんちょうをよみあげてきなんをまぬかれたまう）
Japanese
Edo period
about 1843 (Tenpô 14)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.1 x 73.3 cm (14 3/16 x 28 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41061a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Fujisawashi Ukiyoe Museum: http://fujisawa-ukiyoekan.net/collections/result.html?CN=2596 ; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T126
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16520-2, 11.41061a-c
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seal: Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
No blockcutter's mark
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.