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A Great Battle in the Taiheiki, Part 1 and Part 2 (Taiheiki ôgassen, daiichi zu; Taiheiki ôgassen, daiichi zu, daini zu)


「太平記大合戦第一図」 「太平記大合戦第二図」
Utagawa Sadahide (Japanese, 1807–1873)
Publisher: Sonoharaya Shôsuke (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (key block print, kôgôzuri); ink on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban hexaptych; 39.3 x 151.6 cm (15 1/2 x 59 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45854a-f
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Gountei Sadahide ga (on sheets 1, 3, 6), Sadahide ga (on sheets 2, 4, 5)
五雲亭貞秀画 貞秀画
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 8 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:亥八改
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: January 19, 2005)

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.