Skip to main content

The Death in Action of Imai Shirô at the Battle of Awazu (Awazu kassen Imai Shirô uchijini no zu)

(Japanese, active 1848–1870)
1852 (Kaei 5), 7th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban triptych; 37.2 × 75 cm (14 5/8 × 29 1/2 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession number00.1427, 00.1428a-b
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)