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Yoshinaka Fights the Great Army of the Taira Clan (Yoshinaka Heike no daigun to tataku zu)


「義仲平家之大軍ト戦フ図」
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.8 × 72.8 cm (14 1/8 × 28 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41343a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kinchôrô Yoshitora ga
錦朝楼芳虎画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 9
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、卯九
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.