Name: SHIRAI TOSHINOBU II (1866-1903)
Brand: Nitta no Shiro Tadatsune encountering the Goddess of Mount Fuji and her Dragon in a Cave in Mount Fuji
Price: 2200.00 GBP
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Nitta no Shiro Tadatsune encountering the Goddess of Mount Fuji and her Dragon in a Cave in Mount Fuji
Woodblock triptych, signed Kuniume aratame Shusai Kuni.., published by Inoue Mohei, 1885
Oban triptych (each sheet approx. 37.9 x 25.3 cm.)

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Nitta Tadatsune was sent by the Emperor to eliminate the monsters hiding in Mount Fuji. This print depicts him having bravely advanced into a cave in its slope, where he encounters the goddess of the mountain and her dragon. Unlike his retainers Tadatsune is not afraid and the goddess praises him for his bravery.

Shirai Toshinobu II was a pupil of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892).

For the same triptych in the collection of the Waseda University Theatre Museum, object number 201-2965, go to:
http://archive.waseda.jp/archive/
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