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The Battle of Narumi, in the Former Taiheiki of the Kôhei Era (Kôhei Zen Taiheiki Narumi kassen no zu)


「康平前太平記鳥海合戦之図」
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Yamadaya Shôjirô (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; 35.8 × 73.1 cm (14 1/8 × 28 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41341a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionHachimantarô Yoshiie
Signed Kinchôrô Yoshitora ga
錦朝楼芳虎画
Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Watanabe, reverse aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:衣笠、渡辺、改
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.