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The Great Sea Battle between the Minamoto and the Taira at Yashima Dan-no-ura (Yashima Dan-no-ura kaijô Genpei ôgassen zu)


「八島檀浦海上源平大合戦之図」
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Kobayashi Tetsujirô (Maruya Tetsujirô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36 × 72.9 cm (14 3/16 × 28 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41391a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Yoshitora ga (on each sheet)
芳虎画
Marks Censor's seal: Dog 8 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Chô
改印:戌八改
彫師:片田彫長
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.