Battle Scene from The Tale of the Eight Dogs (Hakkenden)

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Battle Scene from The Tale of the Eight Dogs (Hakkenden)

八犬伝の合戦図

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1836–37 (Tenpô 7–8)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.8 x 76 cm (14 1/2 x 29 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number17.3209.60-2

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Hakkenden no sekai (2008), #126; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T42; Zusetsu Nihon no koten 19, Takizawa Bakin (1980), pl. 21

DescriptionTriptych: 17.3209.60 (left), 17.3209.61 (center), 17.3209.62 (right)

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)