Minamoto Yoritomo Freeing Cranes at Yuigahama

頼朝放鶴

Artist unknown, Japanese
Attributed to: Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai) (Japanese, 1764–1824)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1790s

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.8 x 74.6 cm (14 1/2 x 29 3/8 in.)

Credit Line Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24

Accession Number54.196-8

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 2, British Museum II (1988), pl. 122

DescriptionTriptych: 54.196 (left), 54.197 (center), 54.198 (right)

Signed Unsigned
無款

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)