The Defeat of Evil Foxes in Stories Old and New (Kokin dan akuko taiji)

「古今たん悪狐退治」右　「古今こん悪狐退治」「八重垣姫」「後鳥羽の院」「三浦之介」「上総之介」「北条時頼」「道春」「阿部保名」「千代田稲荷大明神」「くづの葉」「阿部安成」「玄応和尚」中　「入江長兵衛」「武智左馬之介」「忠信」「狩人」「梶原景季」「悪婦魔多羅」「芦屋道満」左　「瀬尾しげ丸」「妖婦あぢさい」「石川悪右衛門」「天竺はんどく王」「金毛九尾」「尾さけ狐」「菜藤道三」「お竜の方」

Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1863 (Bunkyû 3), 7th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.1 × 74 cm (14 3/16 × 29 1/8 in.)

Credit Line Source unidentified

Accession Number2009.5011.54a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 012-0429 (R), 012-0430 (C), 012-0431 (L)

DescriptionMounted in an album of 55 prints with the hand-written title "The Road to the Capital, Spring 1863" (Bunkyû san haru no miyako michi).
画帳　「文久三春の都路」

Signed Yoshitora ga (on each sheet)
芳虎画

Marks Censor's seal: Boar 7 aratame
Blockcutter's marks: Hori Chô (on right sheet), Katada Hori Chô (on center and left sheets)
改印：亥七改
彫師：彫長　片田彫長