In the Conquest of Ôshû Province, Lord Minamoto Yoritomo Captures the Fortress of Takadachi (Minamoto Yoritomo kô Ôshû seibatsu Takadachi no shojô o kôraku su)

「源頼朝公奥州征罰高舘之諸城ヲ攻落ス」

Utagawa Kuniteru II (Kunitsuna II) (Japanese, 1830–1874)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period--Meiji era

1868 (Keiô 4/Meiji 1), 8th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.6 x 73 cm (14 x 28 3/4 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.36870a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Konishi, Nishiki-e bakumatsu Meiji no rekishi 4 (1977), pp. 80-1; Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 2 (1935), color insert between pp. 76-7

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.36870a-c, RES.91.395a-c

Signed Ôkô Kuniteru hitsu (on right and left sheets); Yôsai Kuniteru ga (on center sheet)
應好国輝画　曜斎国輝画

Marks Censor's seal: Dragon 8 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Chô
改印：辰八改
彫師：彫長

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.