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The Death in Action of Musashi Gorô Sadayo at the Battle of Karashima in the Earlier Taiheiki (Zen Taiheiki Karashima kassen Musashi Gorô Sadayo uchijini no zu)


「前太平記辛島合戦 武蔵五郎貞世討死図」
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892)
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.1 x 76.2 cm (14 5/8 x 30 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1395-7
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 00.1395 (right), 00.1396 (center), 00.1397 (left)
Signed Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi ga (on each sheet)
一魁斎芳年画
Marks Censor's seal: Rat 9 aratame
Blockcutter's marlks: Horikô Koizumi Kane (on right sheet), Hori Kane (on left sheet)
改印:子九改
彫師:彫工小泉兼 彫兼
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)