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) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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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)

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 Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (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

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

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)