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When Nitta Yoshisada Attacked Kamakura to Overthrow Hôjô Takatoki, Since the Land Route through Gokurakuji Pass Was Unassailable, He Made a Vow to the Dragon God and Threw a Golden Sword into the Water at Inamuragasaki, on the 21st Day of the 5th Month, 1333 (Shôkei ninen gogatsu nijûichinichi Hôjô Takatoki nyûdô o horobosan tame Nitta Yoshisada Kamakura ni shussen shite Gokurakujisaka no yôgai ni yorite yukumichi nareba ryûjin ni kisei shi koganezukuri no tachi o Inamuragasaki no kaijû ni nageireru no zu)
「正慶二年五月廿一日北条高時入道をほろぼさんため新田義貞鎌倉に出戦す極楽寺坂の要害によりて行道なれば竜神に祈誓し金ずくりの太刀を稲村ヶ崎の海中に投入るの図」
When Nitta Yoshisada Attacked Kamakura to Overthrow Hôjô Takatoki, Since the Land Route through Gokurakuji Pass Was Unassailable, He Made a Vow to the Dragon God and Threw a Golden Sword into the Water at Inamuragasaki, on the 21st Day of the 5th Month, 1333 (Shôkei ninen gogatsu nijûichinichi Hôjô Takatoki nyûdô o horobosan tame Nitta Yoshisada Kamakura ni shussen shite Gokurakujisaka no yôgai ni yorite yukumichi nareba ryûjin ni kisei shi koganezukuri no tachi o Inamuragasaki no kaijû ni nageireru no zu)
When Nitta Yoshisada Attacked Kamakura to Overthrow Hôjô Takatoki, Since the Land Route through Gokurakuji Pass Was Unassailable, He Made a Vow to the Dragon God and Threw a Golden Sword into the Water at Inamuragasaki, on the 21st Day of the 5th Month, 1333 (Shôkei ninen gogatsu nijûichinichi Hôjô Takatoki nyûdô o horobosan tame Nitta Yoshisada Kamakura ni shussen shite Gokurakujisaka no yôgai ni yorite yukumichi nareba ryûjin ni kisei shi koganezukuri no tachi o Inamuragasaki no kaijû ni nageireru no zu)
「正慶二年五月廿一日北条高時入道をほろぼさんため新田義貞鎌倉に出戦す極楽寺坂の要害によりて行道なれば竜神に祈誓し金ずくりの太刀を稲村ヶ崎の海中に投入るの図」
Japanese
Edo period
1849–52 (Kaei 2–5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.7 x 73.1 cm (14 1/16 x 28 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.27056-8
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Haubner, Die Macht des Bogens (2014), pp. 138-9
DescriptionTriptych: 11.27056 (left), 11.27057 (center), 11.27058 (right)
Signed
Ichiryûsai mon Shigenobu ga (on right and left sheets), Shigenobu ga (on center sheet)
一立斎門重宣画 重宣画
一立斎門重宣画 重宣画
Marks
Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込
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.
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.