Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861)
The commander Hatakeyama Shigetada, sitting on his horse, and his followers observe the storming of the Takadachi castle in the year 1189.
Title: Ôshû Takadachi kassen (The battle of Takadachi in Ôshu)
Signature: Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô)
Censors: Mera and Watanabe
Date: 1851
Size: Oban triptych, 36 x 72,5 cm
Very good impression and colours. Single sheets originally mounted, not put together. A little bit trimmed. Vertical centrefolds, there with a small tear at the left sheet. Partly a little bit creased, but otherwise very good and clean condition.
Robinson, The Warrior-Prints, T268. British Museum No. 2008,3037.18314.
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