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The Great Battle of the Uji River, on the 16th Day of the First Month, 1184 (Juei sannen shôgatsu jûrokunichi Ujikawa ôgassen no zu)


「寿永三年正月十六日 宇治川大合戦図」
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.7 × 73 cm (14 7/16 × 28 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1267a-b, 00.1278
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Haubner, Die Macht des Bogens (2014), pp. 92-3
DescriptionTriptych: 00.1267a-b (center and left sheets), 00.1278 (right sheet)
Signed Kinchôrô Yoshitora ga (on each sheet)
錦朝楼芳虎画
Marks Censor's seals: Muramatsu, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印:村松、吉村
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)