At the Battle of Yashima in the Genpei Wars, Nasu no Yoichi Munetaka Gained Renown throughout the Land by Shooting Down a Fan as a Target (Genpei Yashima no tatakai ni Nasu no Yoichi Munetaka ôgi no mato o uchiotoshite tenka ni kômei no zu) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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At the Battle of Yashima in the Genpei Wars, Nasu no Yoichi Munetaka Gained Renown throughout the Land by Shooting Down a Fan as a Target (Genpei Yashima no tatakai ni Nasu no Yoichi Munetaka ôgi no mato o uchiotoshite tenka ni kômei no zu)

At the Battle of Yashima in the Genpei Wars, Nasu no Yoichi Munetaka Gained Renown throughout the Land by Shooting Down a Fan as a Target (Genpei Yashima no tatakai ni Nasu no Yoichi Munetaka ôgi no mato o uchiotoshite tenka ni kômei no zu)

「源平八島のたたかひに那須の与市宗高扇のまとを射おとして天下に高名の図」

Enrôsai Shigemitsu (Japanese, active about 1848–1854)
Publisher: Kagaya Yasubei (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37 x 76.5 cm (14 9/16 x 30 1/8 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number17.3209.27-9

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 17.3209.27 (left), 17.3209.28 (center), 17.3209.29 (right)

Signed Enrôsai Shigemitsu ga, in gourd cartouche (on each sheet)
遠浪斎重光画

Marks No censor's seals
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし

ProvenanceBy 1917, Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 – d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; April 5, 1917, gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 5, 1917)