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Yoshitsune's Valor at Yashima (Yoshitsune Yashima no meiyo)


「義経八島之名誉」
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892)
Publisher: Enshûya Hikobei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.2 x 73.6 cm (14 1/4 x 29 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37590a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi hitsu (on each sheet)
一魁斎芳年筆
Marks Censor's seal: Tiger 4 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ei (on left sheet)
改印:寅四改
彫師:彫栄
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.