The Great Battle of Takadachi in Ôshû Province (Ôshû Takadachi ôgassen) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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The Great Battle of Takadachi in Ôshû Province (Ôshû Takadachi ôgassen)

The Great Battle of Takadachi in Ôshû Province (Ôshû Takadachi ôgassen)

「奥州高館大合戦」

Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Jōshūya Kinzō (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; 37.2 × 74.6 cm (14 5/8 × 29 3/8 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1315, 00.1316, 00.1457

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 00.1315 (left), 00.1316 (center), 00.1457 (right)

Signed Ichimôsai Yoshitora ga (on right and left sheets)
一猛斎芳虎画

Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、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)