Name: Kamei Rokuro Shigekiyo Fighting a Black Bear in the Snow
Brand: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Price: 4000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Yoshitsune koshin: Shitenno shusse kagami no uchi Kamei Rokuro [Kamei Rokuro Shigekiyo Fighting a Black Bear in the Snow, Watched by Yoshitsune and His Retainers]

Woodblock print, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, published by Nishimuraya Yohachi, 1849
Vertical oban triptych (each sheet 36.5 x 24.9cm.)

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Kamei Rokuro Shigekiyo fights a black bear in the snow, watched by Minamoto Yoshitsune (1159-89) and his retainers.

For another impression see Robert Schaap, Heroes and Ghosts, (Amsterdam, 1998), p. 98 and B.W. Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints, (Oxford, 1982), plate 57, T215.

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