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The Battle of Seta in Ômi Province (Gôshû Seta no kassen)


「江刕勢田之合戦」
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyūdō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), intercalary 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.4 × 73.9 cm (14 5/16 × 29 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41360a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kinchôrô Yoshitora ga (on each sheet)
錦朝楼芳虎画
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat intercalary
No blockcutter's mark
改印:福、村松、子閏
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.