Name: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Brand: TWO BATTLE SCENE TRIPTYCHS
Price: 550.00 GBP
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Two Battle Scene Triptychs
The Great Battle at Kawanakajima in Shinano Province(Shinshu Kawanakajima daikassen no zu)
Woodblock print, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, printed by Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendo), circa 1845

On the Fifteenth Day of the Fifth Month, the Two Generals Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin Meet for Peace Talks [at Kawanakajima] (Takeda Shingen Uesugi Kenshin to gogatsu jugonichi ryosho waboku no taimen)
Woodblock print, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, published by Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudo), circa 1844
Both oban triptych, each sheet approx. 36.3 x 24.7cm.

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For another impression of the first in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, accession number 11.41066a-c, go to www.mfa.org/collections

For another impression of the first in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art, object number 11641.25, go to http://honolulumuseum.org/art/10290

For another impression of the first in The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University, Japan, go to http://enpaku.waseda.ac.jp/db/enpakunishik/results-big.php?shiryo_no=201-2900

For another impression of the second in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, accession number 11.41074a-c, go to www.mfa.org/collections