Yoshitsune's Troops Descending the Cliff at Ichinotani (Yoshitsune no gunpyô Ichinotani sakaotoshi no zu)

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Yoshitsune's Troops Descending the Cliff at Ichinotani (Yoshitsune no gunpyô Ichinotani sakaotoshi no zu)

「義経之軍兵一ノ谷逆落シ之図」

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; 36.7 x 76.5 cm (14 7/16 x 30 1/8 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number17.3209.39-41

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné NHK, Yoshitsune ten (2005), #184; Shibuya Kuritsu Shôtô Bijutsukan, Musha-e (2003), #73; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T65

DescriptionTriptych: 17.3209.39 (left), 17.3209.40 (center), 17.3209.41 (right)

MFA impressions: 11.39559a-c, 17.3209.39-41

Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on right and center sheets); Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga (on left sheet)
一勇斎国芳画　朝櫻楼国芳画

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)