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Long Shot of an Arrow at the Battle of Hyôgo (Hyôgo kassen en'ya no zu)


「兵庫合戦遠矢之図」
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Nôshûya Yasubei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.4 × 74.5 cm (14 5/16 × 29 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41359a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Yoshitora ga (on each sheet)
芳虎画
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 12 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:申十二改
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.