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Battle of the Southeast Gate of the Palace in the Tales of the Hogen and Heiji Wars (Hogen Heiji monogatari Ikuhômon [Yûhômon] no zu)


「保元平治物語郁芳門合戦」
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.5 × 70.8 cm (14 × 27 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41397a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ichimôsai Yoshitora ga (on right sheet only)
一猛斎芳虎画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.