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Kawasaki: The Death of Nitta Yoshioki at the Yaguchi Ferry, from the series Fifty-three Pairings for the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsui)

(Japanese, 1797–1861)
about 1845–46 (Kôka 2–3)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 35.4 x 24.6 cm (13 15/16 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.25029
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ClassificationsPrints
Inscriptions新田義興は竹沢右京亮江戸遠江守が姦計に欺れて矢口の渡にて亡され その志魂ととまりて 江戸が帰るさに霊魂雷になりて雲中より現れ 敵を取り殺す 後霊魂を慰めんか為に新田大明神と祟祭る その霊験今に於て倍新也
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

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.
Takiguchi Shinsuke
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1851–52 (Kaei 4–5)
Chiyo of Kaga Province (Kaga no kuni Chiyo-jo)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1845 (Kôka 2)