Original woodblock print triptych - Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) - "Kôetsu Kawanakajima ôgassen" 甲越川中島大合戦 (The Great Battle between Kai Province and Echigo Province at Kawanakajima) - Japan - 1852 (Kaei 5), 4th month
Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Title: "Kôetsu Kawanakajima ôgassen" 甲越川中島大合戦 (The Great Battle between Kai Province and Echigo Province at Kawanakajima)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tobei
Date: 1852 (Kaei 5), 4th month
Size: (L) 25.2 x 36.3 (C) 25.0 x 36.3 (R) 24.8 x 36.2 cm
Condition: Wear on the bottom right corner (right panel). Slightly trimmed. Light soiling on the middle panel and light creases throughout the triptych.
The Great Battle of Kawanakajima was built over a succession of earlier skirmishes, provoking the two generals Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin to end their conflict for all in this last encounter.
See Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/463539
British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_2008-3037-18310
and Honolulu Museum of Art: https://art.honolulumuseum.org/objects/1242
- Oggetto
- Trittico originale con stampa xilografica
- Tecnica
- Stampa a blocchi di legno policroma Nishiki-e (broccato)
- Materiale
- Carta Washi
- Periodo
- 1852 (Kaei 5), 4 ° mese
- Regione/ Paese d'origine
- Giappone
- Artista/fabbricante
- Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
- Attribuzione
- Originale
- Tema/raffigurazione
- Cavallo e cavaliere, Guerriero, Samurai
- Titolo dell'opera
- "Kôetsu Kawanakajima ôgassen" 甲越川中島大合戦 (The Great Battle between Kai and Echigo at Kawanakajima)
- Condizioni
- In buone condizioni, vedi descrizione
- Dimensioni
- 36.3×75×0.1 cm