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The Wada Rebellion: The Ferocious Courage and Amazing Strength of Asahina Saburô Yoshihide (Wada kassen, Asahina Saburô Yoshihide môyû kairyoku no zu)


「和田合戦 朝夷三郎義秀 猛勇怪力之図」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Jôshûya Jûzô / Jûbei (Kinjûdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.2 x 73.2 cm (14 1/4 x 28 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38228a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Nagoya City Mus., Takaki Shigeru Ukiyo-e Collection (2001), #93; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T342
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 4
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Kane
改印:改、巳四
彫師:彫兼
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.