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The Defeat of the Mongol Invasion Fleet (Môko zokusen taiji no zu)

The Defeat of the Mongol Invasion Fleet (Môko zokusen taiji no zu)

「蒙古賊舟退治之図」

Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1863 (Bunkyû 3), 8th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37 x 76 cm (14 9/16 x 29 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1312-4

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA/Geidai, Double Impact (2015), #4

DescriptionTriptych: 00.1312 (right), 00.1313 (center), 00.1314 (left)

MFA impressions: 00.1312-4 (complete triptych), 11.39742a-b (two left sheets only)

Signed Yoshitora ga (on each sheet)
芳虎画

Marks Censor's seal: Boar 8 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：亥八改
彫師：なし

ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)