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At the Ataka Barrier in Kaga Province, Musashibô Benkei Reads from the Subscription List, Deceives Togashi, and Crosses into Michinoku (Kaga no kuni Ataka shin seki Musashibô Benkei kanjinchô o dokugin shite Togashi o azamuki Michinoku ni omomuku no zu)


「加賀国安宅新関武蔵坊弁慶勧進帳読吟欺冨樫趣陸奥之図」
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shōshichi (Kinshōdō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 37.5 × 51.4 cm (14 3/4 × 20 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1276, 00.1885
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 00.1276 (right), 00.1885 (left)
Signed Kinchôrô Yoshitora ga (on each sheet)
錦朝楼芳虎画
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Ox 5
(Note: Other prints from this month have the censors' seals "Hama, Magome, Ox 5.")
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、渡辺、丑五
彫師:なし
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)