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前太平記 宗任以下降人ニ出る図
The Surrender of Abe no Munetô and His Retainers, from the Former Taiheiki (Zen Taiheiki, Munetô ika kônin ni deru zu)
前太平記 宗任以下降人ニ出る図
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892)
Publisher: Enshûya Hikobei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Enshûya Hikobei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.6 x 50.6 cm (14 13/16 x 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1393-4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych (two sheets of incomplete triptych): 00.1393 (left), 00.1394 (right); title on right sheet
MFA impressions: 00.1393-4 (two left sheets), 11.37585a-c (complete triptych)
MFA impressions: 00.1393-4 (two left sheets), 11.37585a-c (complete triptych)
Signed
Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi ga (on each sheet)
一魁斎芳年画
一魁斎芳年画
Marks
Censor's seal: Rat 8 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Chô (on right sheet), Hori Chô (on left sheet)
改印：子八改
彫師：片田彫長 彫長
Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Chô (on right sheet), Hori Chô (on left sheet)
改印：子八改
彫師：片田彫長 彫長
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)