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The Night Attack at Horikawa (Horikawa youchi no zu)


「堀川夜討ノ図」
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Nunokichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.3 × 23.2 cm (13 7/8 × 9 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41251
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych?
No date seal on this sheet.
Signed Ichimôsai Yoshitora ga
一猛斎芳虎画
Marks No censor's seal (cut off?)
No blockcutter's mark
改印:なし
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.