The Battle of Ichinotani: The Downhill Attack at Hiyodorigoe and the Flight of the Heike Clan to Yashima (Ichinotani Hiyodorigoe sakaotoshi Heike Yashima ochi no zu)

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The Battle of Ichinotani: The Downhill Attack at Hiyodorigoe and the Flight of the Heike Clan to Yashima (Ichinotani Hiyodorigoe sakaotoshi Heike Yashima ochi no zu)

「一ノ谷鵯越逆落平家八嶋落土図」

Utagawa Sadahide (Japanese, 1807–1873)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tōbei (Kinkōdō) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.5 × 76 cm (14 3/8 × 29 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number17.3209.36-8

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 17.3209.36 (left), 17.3209.37 (right), 17.3209.38 (center)

MFA impressions: 11.37398a-c, 17.3209.36-8

Signed Gountei Sadahide ga (on right sheet only)
五雲亭貞秀画

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)