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The Battle of the Uji River (Ujikawa kassen no zu)


「宇治川合戦之図」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Enshûya Hikobei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1849 (Kaei 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.9 x 74.6 cm (14 1/2 x 29 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16565-7
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #34; Shibuya Kuritsu Shôtô Bijutsukan, Musha-e (2003), #69; Nagoya City Mus., Takaki Shigeru Ukiyo-e Collection (2001), #70; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T217, and pl. 60
DescriptionTriptych: 11.16565 (right), 11.16566 (center), 11.16567 (left)

MFA impressions: 11.16565-7, 11.38189a-c
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印:衣笠、吉村
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 – d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.