At the Battle of Fujikawa, Sarunosuke Makes a Name for Himself in His First Battle (Fujikawa kassen Sarunosuke uijin kômei zu) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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At the Battle of Fujikawa, Sarunosuke Makes a Name for Himself in His First Battle (Fujikawa kassen Sarunosuke uijin kômei zu)

At the Battle of Fujikawa, Sarunosuke Makes a Name for Himself in His First Battle (Fujikawa kassen Sarunosuke uijin kômei zu)

「冨士川合戦猿之助初陣高名図」

Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36 × 73.6 cm (14 3/16 × 29 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.41265a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ichimôsai Yoshitora ga
一猛斎芳虎画

Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、村田
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.