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The Great Battle between the Minamoto and the Taira at Yashima (Genpei Yashima ôgassen)


「源平八嶋大合戦」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Uhei (Fukusendô) (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; 36.8 x 76.1 cm (14 1/2 x 29 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number17.3209.24-26
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T68
DescriptionTriptych: 17.3209.24 (right), 17.3209.25 (left), 17.3209.26 (center)
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceBy 1917, Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 – d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; April 5, 1917, gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 5, 1917)