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The Ghosts of the Heike Appear at Daimotsu Bay in Settsu Province (Sesshû Daimotsu no ura ni Heike no onryô arawaruru no zu)


「摂州大物浦平家怨霊顕る図」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Nunokichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1839–41 (Tenpô 10–12)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.5 x 74.5 cm (14 3/8 x 29 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16556-8
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ôta Mem. Mus., Edo yôkai dai zukan (2014), #133; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 5, Victoria and Albert Museum II (1987), pl. 56; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T70
DescriptionTriptych: 11.16556 (center), 11.16557 (right), 11.16558 (left)
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks No censor's seal
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 – d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

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.