Utagawa Kuniyoshi
(1798 - 1861)

Heishôgoku Nyûdô wa Go-Shirakawa-tei no otoshigo nite

Kiyomori at Miyajima arresting the sunset by incantations, so that work could proceed on his new buildings
c. 1842-1843

Publisher: Tsuji-ya Yasubei
oban tate-e triptych
ex-collection B.W. Robinson
see B.W. Robinson "Warrior Prints" plate 42,T83
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The very first print I have purchased. I am still finding new details that catch me. Great design, fascinating composition with the woman's white face right in the centre of the triptych.

Hirosada
(active c. 1820 - 60)

Jitsukawa Ensaburo I as Kizu Kansuke

Kabuki play Sao no uta kizugawa hakkei
performed at Naka theatre, 8/1849
Centre sheet of a triptych
chuban tate-e approx. 17 x 25 cm



Thanks for the information and the foto of the triptych to J.V.
Also to be found in "Hirosada - Osaka Printmaker", 1984 by The Unversity Art Museum
p.18 fig.6
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