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The Brave Generals of the Takeda Clan Gather before a Battle (Takeda-ke yûshô ikusa hyôjô no zu)


「武田家勇将軍評定之図」
Utagawa Sadahide (Japanese, 1807–1873)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36 × 71.1 cm (14 3/16 × 28 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39905a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba City Mus., Bakumatsu Meiji no Ukiyo-e (Aoki coll. exh. cat., 2005), #55
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.22525-7, 11.39905a-c
Signed Gountei Sadahide ga (on right and left sheets), Gyokuran Sadahide ga (on center sheet)
五雲亭貞秀画 玉蘭貞秀画
Marks Censor's seal: Watari
No blockcutter's mark
改印:渡
彫師:なし
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.