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A Great Battle from the Taiheiki (Taiheiki ôgassen no zu)

A Great Battle from the Taiheiki (Taiheiki ôgassen no zu)

「太平記大合戦之図」

Utagawa Yoshikazu (Japanese, active 1848–1870)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1856 (Ansei 3), 10th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.2 × 75.2 cm (14 5/8 × 29 5/8 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1419-21

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 00.1419 (left), 00.1420 (right), 00.1421 (center)

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

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 10
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰十
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)