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The Great Battle between Nitta Yoshisada and Ashikaga Takauji (Nitta Yoshisada Ashikaga Takauji ôgassen)


「新田義貞足利尊氏大合戦」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1836 (Tenpô 7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.7 x 76.5 cm (14 7/16 x 30 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number17.3209.87-9
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T37
DescriptionTriptych: 17.3209.87 (left), 17.3209.88 (center), 17.3209.89 (right)

MFA impressions: 11.38193a-c, 17.3209.87-9
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on right and left sheets only)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceBy 1917, Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 – d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; April 5, 1917, gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 5, 1917)