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「長門國赤間関源平大合戦」
Great Battle between the Minamoto and the Taira at the Akama Straits in Nagato Province (Nagato no kuni Akamagaseki Genpei ôgassen)
「長門國赤間関源平大合戦」
Japanese
Edo period
1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.5 × 75.6 cm (14 3/8 × 29 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22522-4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
King and Iwakiri, Japanese Warrior Prints (2007), #180
DescriptionTriptych: 11.22522 (right), 11.22523 (center), 11.22524 (left)
Signed
Gyokuransai Sadahide gazu (on right sheet), Sadahide ga (on center sheet), Gounjtei Sadahide ga (on left sheet)
玉蘭斎貞秀画図 貞秀画 五雲亭貞秀画
玉蘭斎貞秀画図 貞秀画 五雲亭貞秀画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
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.
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.