Kagekiyo Attempts to Assassinate Yoritomo at the Great Buddha Hall of Tôdai-ji Temple
景清大仏供養
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)
Artist Utagawa Sadahide (Japanese, 1807–1873), Publisher Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37 × 75.5 cm (14 9/16 × 29 3/4 in.)
Accession Number
11.37426a-b, 11.37445
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Triptych: 11.37426a-b (center and left sheets), 11.37445 (right sheet)
Signed
Gyokuransai Sadahide ga (on each sheet)
玉蘭斎貞秀画
Markings
Censor's seal: Mura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村
彫師：なし
Provenance
By 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 – d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection