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「足利尊氏戦場首途出船の図（あしかがよしたかいくさかどいでしゆつせんのづ）」
The Fleet of Ashikaga Takauji Sets Out for War (Ashikaga Takauji ikusa kadoide shussen no zu)
「足利尊氏戦場首途出船の図（あしかがよしたかいくさかどいでしゆつせんのづ）」
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych 35.3 × 74.1 cm (13 7/8 × 29 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.24890-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôta Mus., Ukiyo-e sengoku emaki (2011), #86; Chiba City Mus., Bakumatsu Meiji no Ukiyo-e (Aoki coll. exh. cat., 2005), #54; Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Ukiyo-e dai musha-e ten/The Samurai World in Ukiyo-e (2003), #II-69
DescriptionTriptych: 11.24890 (right), 11.24891 (left), 11.24892 (center)
MFA impressions: 11.22800-2, 11.24890-2
A disguised reference to the departure of Hideyoshi's invasion fleet for Korea.
MFA impressions: 11.22800-2, 11.24890-2
A disguised reference to the departure of Hideyoshi's invasion fleet for Korea.
Signed
Ippôsai Yoshifuji ga (on each sheet)
一鵬斎芳藤画
一鵬斎芳藤画
Marks
Censor's seal: Murata
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：村田
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：村田
彫師：なし
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.
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.