The Great Battle of the Minato River on the 25th Day of the Fifth Month, 1336 (Engen gannen gogatsu nijûgonichi Minatogawa ôgassen)

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The Great Battle of the Minato River on the 25th Day of the Fifth Month, 1336 (Engen gannen gogatsu nijûgonichi Minatogawa ôgassen)

「延元元年五月二十五日湊川大合戦」

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1834 (Tenpô 5)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.8 x 76.2 cm (14 1/2 x 30 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number17.3209.84-6

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T26

DescriptionTriptych: 17.3209.84 (right), 17.3209.85 (center), 17.3209.86 (left)

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)