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Yoshitsune and Benkei Escaping to the North


義経と弁慶の奥州下向
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 × 75.5 cm (14 3/16 × 29 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37439a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba City Mus., Ukiyo-e ni egakareta kodomotachi (2014), #277
DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.21815 (fragment of left sheet; deaccessioned in 2019), 11.37439a-c (complete triptych), *11.39408 (fragment of right sheet; deaccessioned in 2019), *11.39903 (center sheet; deaccessioned in 2019)
Signed Gyokuransai Sadahide ga (on right and center sheets), Sadahide ga (on left sheet)
玉蘭斎貞秀画 貞秀画
Marks Censor's seal: Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印:村松
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.