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The Death in Action of Imai Shirô at the Battle of Awazu (Awazu kassen Imai Shirô uchijini no zu)


「粟津合戦 今井四郎討死之図」
Utagawa Yoshikazu (Japanese, active 1848–1870)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.2 × 75 cm (14 5/8 × 29 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1427, 00.1428a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 00.1427 (right), 00.1428a-b (center and left)

MFA impressions: 00.1427VR (00.1427), 00.1428a-b), 11.37669a-c
Signed Ichijusai Yoshikazu ga (on each sheet)
一寿斎芳員画
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 7
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、渡辺、子七
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)