Having Achieved Their Goal, the Faithful Samurai Withdraw to Sengoku-ji Temple and Assemble There (Gishi honmô o tasshite Sengoku-ji e hikitori katame no zu)

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Having Achieved Their Goal, the Faithful Samurai Withdraw to Sengoku-ji Temple and Assemble There (Gishi honmô o tasshite Sengoku-ji e hikitori katame no zu)

「義士本望を達して仙国寺へ引取固の図」

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Yorozuya Kichibei (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1847–50 (Kôka 4–Kaei 3)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.9 x 73.4 cm (14 15/16 x 28 7/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich

Accession Number47.50-2

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba City Mus., Bakumatsu Meiji no Ukiyo-e (Aoki coll. exh. cat., 2005), #70; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T210

DescriptionTriptych: 47.50 (left), 47.51 (center), 47.52 (right)

Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画

Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri (on center and left sheets only)
改印：米良、村田
彫師：なし

Provenance1947, gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich to the MFA.