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Minamoto no Yoshitsune Goes to War (Minamoto no Yoshitsune shutsujin no zu)


「源義経出陣之図」
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.9 × 73.6 cm (14 1/8 × 29 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41346a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Yoshitora ga (on each sheet)
芳虎画
Marks Censor's seal: Rat 6 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:子六改
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.