Name: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Brand: TWO WARRIOR TRIPTYCHS
Price: 750.00 GBP
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Two warrior triptychs
The Battle of Hyogo in the Taiheiki: Shirofuji Hikoshichiro(Taiheiki Hoygo kassen, Shirofuji Hikoshichiro)
Woodblock print, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, published by Joshuya Kinzo, circa 1847-1852

Aftermath of the Battle of Ishibashiyama (Minatomo no Yoritomo Ishibashiyama hata-age kassen)
Woodblock print, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, printed by Daikokuya Kinjiro, August, 1855
Both oban triptychs (each mounted as one sheet), each complete triptych approx. 38.4 x 78.5cm.

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For another impression of the first in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, accession number 11.38245a-c, go to www.mfa.org/collections

For another impression of the first in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art, object number 11641.32, go to http://honolulumuseum.org/art/10297

For another impression of the second in the collection of the British Museum, museum number 2008,3037.20703, go to www.britishmuseum.org/research