Great Battle between the Minamoto and the Taira at the Suma Palace in Settsu Province (Sesshû Suma dairi Genpei ôgassen no zu) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Great Battle between the Minamoto and the Taira at the Suma Palace in Settsu Province (Sesshû Suma dairi Genpei ôgassen no zu)

Great Battle between the Minamoto and the Taira at the Suma Palace in Settsu Province (Sesshû Suma dairi Genpei ôgassen no zu)

「摂州須广内裏源平大合戦之図」

Utagawa Sadatsuna (Japanese, active about 1830–1844)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Uhei (Fukusendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.9 x 76.9 cm (14 1/2 x 30 1/4 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number17.3209.30-2

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 17.3209.30 (left), 17.3209.31 (center), 17.3209.32 (right)

Signed Sadatsuna ga (on each sheet)
貞綱画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

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)