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Attacking with Fire at Minume no ura (Minume no ura yakiuchi no zu)


「敏馬浦焼討之図」
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Sanoya Tomigorô (Kinseidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), intercalary 5th month

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 Number11.41347a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.41347a-c (second edition), 11.41401a-c (first edition)
Signed Ichimôsai Yoshitora ga (on each sheet)
一猛斎芳虎画
Marks Censor's seal: intercalary 5 aratame [sic; no animal name]
No blockcutter's mark
改印:閏五改
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.