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「名将九州より上洛のとき豊前国（ぶぜんのくに）内裏の沖俎板ヶ瀬にて難風に出会ひ船頭与次兵衛を切（きり）死骸を海に投込（なげこみ）しより以来与次兵衛灘といふ」
When the Great General Was on the Way to Kyoto from Kyushu He Encountered a Storm at Manaitagase in Dairi Bay in Buzen Province; the Sailor Yojibei Was Killed and His Body Thrown into the Sea, and Since Then the Place is Called the Yojibei Channel (Meishô Kyûshû yori jôraku no toki Buzen no kuni Dairi no oki Manaitagase ni te nanpû ni deai sendô Yojibei o kiri shigai o umi ni nagekomi shi yori irai Yojibei-nada to iu)
「名将九州より上洛のとき豊前国（ぶぜんのくに）内裏の沖俎板ヶ瀬にて難風に出会ひ船頭与次兵衛を切（きり）死骸を海に投込（なげこみ）しより以来与次兵衛灘といふ」
Japanese
Edo period
1849–52 (Kaei 2–5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36 x 75.1 cm (14 3/16 x 29 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41808a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #24; Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Ukiyo-e dai musha-e ten/The Samurai World in Ukiyo-e (2003), #II-74; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T251
DescriptionA story from the life of Hideyoshi, here called the Great General. The sailor Yojibei was killed because he had deliberately run the ship onto the rocks in an attempt to assassinate Hideyoshi, who had killed his brother.
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
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.
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.