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The Great Battle of the Uji River, on the 16th Day of the Third Month, 1184 (Juei sannen jûrokunichi Ujikawa ôgassen zu)


「寿永三年十六日宇治川大合戦図」
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Yamashiroya Jinbei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.5 × 73.3 cm (14 3/8 × 28 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41358a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ichimôsai Yoshitora ga (on right and left sheets)
一猛斎芳虎画
Marks Censor's seal: Mura
No blockcutter's mark
改印:村
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.