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Yoshitsune's Downhill Charge at Hiyodorigoe in the Battle of Ichinotani


一ノ谷鵯越逆落
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (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; 35.7 × 72.6 cm (14 1/16 × 28 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41392a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionGenji no daishô Kaba kanja Noriyori Kurô hangan Yoshitsune ôte karamete ... oshiyose Heike no Ichi-no-tani tatekomoru Soma no dairi ... Yoshitsune no chiryaku o motte Ichi-no-tani Hiyoridorigoe o koesemuru zu
Signed Ichimôsai Yoshitora ga (on each sheet)
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.