The Great Battle of the Koromo River in Mutsu Province in the Ninth Month of 1062 during the Earlier Nine-year War (Zen kunen no uchi Kôhei gonen kugatsu Ôshû Koromogawa ôgassen) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Advanced Search

Advanced Search

The Great Battle of the Koromo River in Mutsu Province in the Ninth Month of 1062 during the Earlier Nine-year War (Zen kunen no uchi Kôhei gonen kugatsu Ôshû Koromogawa ôgassen)

The Great Battle of the Koromo River in Mutsu Province in the Ninth Month of 1062 during the Earlier Nine-year War (Zen kunen no uchi Kôhei gonen kugatsu Ôshû Koromogawa ôgassen)

「前九年之内　康平五年九月　奥州｣衣川大合戦」

Utagawa Yoshikazu (Japanese, active 1848–1870)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1855 (Ansei 2), 4th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.2 × 75.7 cm (14 5/8 × 29 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1424-6

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 00.1424 (left), 00.1425 (center), 00.1426 (right)

Signed Ichijusai Yoshikazu ga (on each sheet)
一寿斎芳員画

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 4
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯四
彫師：なし

ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)