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The Battle of Ishiyama Temple in the Taiheiki (Taiheiki Ishiyama kassen)


「太平記石山合戦」
Utagawa Kuniteru II (Kunitsuna II) (Japanese, 1830–1874)
Publisher: Enshûya Matabei (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1869 (Meiji 2), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.4 × 73.5 cm (13 15/16 × 28 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.34998.102a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Konishi, Nishiki-e bakumatsu Meiji no rekishi 4 (1977), p. 128; Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 2 (1935), pp. 52-3
DescriptionFrom an album of satirical prints, 11.34998.1-112.
Signed Ôkô Kuniteru ga
應好国輝画
Marks Censor's seal: Snake 1 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:巳正改
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: September 29, 2004)

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.