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*** KUNIYOSHI \"Yoshitsune\'s Nineteen Loyal Retainers\" ***
Antique Woodblock print (nishiki-e)Circa Mid-19th Century: 1840-1861Each visible panel approx. 9\" x 13\"Full matted panel triptych: 36\" x 17 1/2\"
Subject is the 12th c. General Minamoto no Yoshitsune (center panel)and his band of retainers, most famously the warrior-monkBenkeishown lower-left of the center sheet.Each figure has a name cartouche above identifying specific retainers.
This composition - warriors seated in tiered rows, rather than the other versionstanding together on a storm-tossed ship - is a variant that Kuniyoshi and othercontemporaries produced during this period.Signature and seal in lower-left corner of the center panel areconsistent with the Utagawa school.Signature reads: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi - the standard signatureform used by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, one of the major late-Edo ukiyo-e masters,especially known forwarrior prints like this one.
Please view all of the photos for the condition.The prints are glued to a cardboard sheet and matted in black.From the estate of a Japanese collector.
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![Kuniyoshi Woodblock Triptych \](img-large/g/TfYAAeSwhthqmK~p/s-l1600/Kuniyoshi-Woodblock-Triptych-Yoshitsune-s-Nineteen.jpg "Kuniyoshi Woodblock Triptych \")
