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Empress Jingû Attacks the Three Korean Kingdoms (Jingû kôgô Sankan seibatsu no zu)


神宮皇后三韓征伐之図
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Nunokichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1839–41 (Tenpô 10–12)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.3 x 25 cm (14 5/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38073
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kang Duksang, ed., Nishiki-e no naka no Chôsen to Chûgoku (2007), #12; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T51
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych; title on left sheet.

MFA impressions: 11.28809, 11.38073
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

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.