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「川中島信玄謙信旗本大合戦之図」
The Great Battle of Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin and Their Retainers at Kawanakajima (Kawanakajima Shingen Kenshin hatamoto ôgassen no zu)
「川中島信玄謙信旗本大合戦之図」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845 (Kôka 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36 x 71.4 cm (14 3/16 x 28 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41067a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba City Mus., Bakumatsu Meiji no Ukiyo-e (Aoki coll. exh. cat., 2005), #57 (complete hexaptych); Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T162
DescriptionThe left half of an incomplete hexaptych.
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Watari
No blockcutter's mark
改印：渡
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：渡
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.