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Competing to Be First at the Battle of the Uji River (Ujikawa senjin arasoi no zu)

Competing to Be First at the Battle of the Uji River (Ujikawa senjin arasoi no zu)

(Japanese, 1807–1873)
(Japanese)
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 8th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 38.1 × 26.2 cm (15 × 10 5/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession number00.1431
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
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)
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The Tennô Festival Procession Departs from the Shrine (Tennô gosairei miyade no zu)
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Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei), from the series Sets of Eight Views in Japan (Nihon hakkei zukushi no uchi)
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View of the Pleasure Quarter in Yokohama, Kanagawa (Kanagawa Yokohama kakaku no kôkei)
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Utagawa Sadahide
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 2nd month
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Namamugi, from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô no uchi
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Shizunome, from the series Mirror of Chaste and Filial Women (Kôteijo kagami)
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Utagawa Sadahide
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Namamugi, from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô no uchi
Namamugi, from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô no uchi
Utagawa Sadahide
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Actor Onoe Kikugorô III as Kanaya Kingoro
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Actor Onoe Kikugorô III as Nippondaemon
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Yamazaki, from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô meisho no uchi
Utagawa Sadahide
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