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When the Great General Was on the Way to Kyoto from Kyushu He Encountered a Storm at Manaitagase in Dairi Bay in Buzen Province; the Sailor Yojibei Was Killed and His Body Thrown into the Sea, and Since Then the Place is Called the Yojibei Channel (Meishô Kyûshû yori jôraku no toki Buzen no kuni Dairi no oki Manaitagase ni te nanpû ni deai sendô Yojibei o kiri shigai o umi ni nagekomi shi yori irai Yojibei-nada to iu)

(Japanese, 1797–1861)
1849–52 (Kaei 2–5)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban triptych; 36 x 75.1 cm (14 3/16 x 29 9/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.41808a-c
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
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.
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)