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The Battles of Coxinga, Newly Published, a Triptych (Shinpan Kokusenya kassen sanmai tsuzuki)


「新版 国姓爺合戦 三枚続」
Utagawa Sadatora (Japanese, active about 1818–1844)
Publisher: Ezakiya Kichibei (Tenjudō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.7 x 74.3 cm (14 7/16 x 29 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22539-41
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 11.22539 (center), 11.225340 (right), 11.22541 (left)
Signed Gofûtei Sadatora ga (on left sheet only)
五風亭貞虎画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.