The Great Battle of Yamazaki in the Taiheiki (Taiheiki Yamazaki ôgassen no zu) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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The Great Battle of Yamazaki in the Taiheiki (Taiheiki Yamazaki ôgassen no zu)

The Great Battle of Yamazaki in the Taiheiki (Taiheiki Yamazaki ôgassen no zu)

「太平記屋間崎大合戦之図」

Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.9 × 75.1 cm (14 1/2 × 29 9/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1294-6

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 00.1294 (center), 00.1295 (left), 00.1296 (right)

Signed Yoshitora ga (on each sheet)
芳虎画

Marks Censor's seal: Rat 2 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：子二改
彫師：なし

ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)