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Utagawa Yoshifuji (歌川芳藤) (artist 1828 – 1887)
Onzōshi Ushiwakamaru (御曹司牛若丸) and Musashibō Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) battle on Gojō Bridge [五条橋]
1844 – 1845
20 in x 14.5 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
Signed: Ippōsai Yoshifuji ga
一鵬斎芳藤画
Publisher: Kazusaya Iwakichi
(Marks 233 - seal 21-052)
Censor's seal: Tanaka
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Kumon Institute of Education
Yamamoto Art Museum One thing that should be noted about this diptych is that it was created very early in the career of the young Yoshifuji. His later works were considerably different in style.
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As best we can tell, this diptych in the Lyon Collection is a later edition of the same composition in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
warrior prints (musha-e - 武者絵) (genre)
Kazusaya Iwakichi (上総屋岩吉) (publisher)
Musashibō Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) (role)
Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源義経) (role)