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Katagiri Sukesaku and Yashuhiko Goemon at the Battle of Shizugatake, from the series Newly Selected Records of the Taikô Hideyoshi (Shinsen Taikôki)


「新撰太閤記 立身須作真男子 臨事無為浅丈夫」
Utagawa Toyonobu (Japanese, died in 1886)
Publisher: Matsuki Heikichi (Daikokuya) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1883 (Meiji 16)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36 x 48.6 cm (14 3/16 x 19 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich
Accession Number50.2927a-b
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ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné http://kunisada.de/Toyonobu-Taikoki/Toyonobu-Taikoki-new.html
DescriptionThe leftmost of three diptychs that fit together to form a six-sheet design.
賤ヶ嶽大合戰 - Shizugatake ōkassen - the huge battle of Shizugatake (No. 37)

Two lines from a poem, Heru yin, by Song-dynasty philosopher Shao Yong (1011-1077).
立身須作真男子 臨事無為浅丈夫
立身须作真男子,临事无为浅丈夫
何如吟 邵雍

Signed Toyonobu ga (on right sheet only)
豊信画
Provenance1950, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 14, 1950)