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The Great Battle of Awazu Plain (Awazu-ga-hara ôgassen no zu)


「粟津原大合戦之図」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Maruya Seijirô (Marusei, Jukakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1851–52 (Kaei 4–5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.2 x 75.7 cm (14 5/8 x 29 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1082, 00.1083, 00.1104
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T265
DescriptionTriptych: 00.1082 (center), 00.1083 (right), 00.1104 (left)

MFA impressions: 00.1082VR (00.1082, 00.1083, 00.1104), 11.39650a-c
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、渡辺
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)