Name: Battle of Dannoura
Brand: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Price: 6000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION OF PRINTS BY UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Dannoura sen no zu [Battle of Dannoura]

Woodblock print, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, published by Kogaya Katsugoro, circa 1844
Vertical oban triptych (each sheet approx. 37.3 x 25.7cm.)

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Lot Essay

Kuniyoshi designed a number of prints on this theme of the hero Taira Tomomori (1152-82), on the edge of defeat at the battle of Dannoura (25th April 1185). He commits suicide by throwing himself into the sea tied to a large anchor. Shown here about to leap to his death from a rocky outcrop, his retainer Sagami Goro on his left and his mistress Tenji no tsubone on his right.

See lot 18 for an alternative depiction of this episode.

For another impression in the British Museum see www.britishmuseum.org museum number 2008,3037.18410, and another in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston see www.mfa.org accession number 11.27029-31.

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