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RISDM 85-197-8ab.tif

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

The Wada Rebellion: Asahina Saburō Yoshihide Attacking with Fierce Courage and Strength (和田合戦　朝夷三郎義秀猛勇怪力之図 Wada kassen Asahina Saburō Yoshihide mōyū kairyoku no zu)

Description

Maker

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (Japanese, 1798-1861
b. in Edo, Japan)
Jōshūya Juzō 上州屋重蔵 (Japanese, 1812 - 1876, Edo, Japan), publisher
Koizumi Kanegōrō 小泉兼五郎 (Japanese, Active in 1800s in Edo, Japan), block carver

Title

The Wada Rebellion: Asahina Saburō Yoshihide Attacking with Fierce Courage and Strength (和田合戦　朝夷三郎義秀猛勇怪力之図 Wada kassen Asahina Saburō Yoshihide mōyū kairyoku no zu)
和田合戦　朝夷三郎義秀　猛勇怪力之図

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1857, 5th month

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

color, ink

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Right parts of a vertical ōban triptych: 35.9 x 49.5 cm (14 1/8 x 19 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: 一勇斎国芳画

Seals: Artist's seal: Paulownia crest
Censor's seals: Aratame, 巳四 Snake 4
Blockcutter's mark: 彫兼 Hori Kane

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Paula and Leonard Granoff

Object Number

85.197.8

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Poets, Heroes, and Courtiers
Literary and Narrative Traditions in Japanese Prints
Sep 06, 2002 – Dec 01, 2002

Label copy

Asahina Saburo, son of Wada Yoshimori (1147-1213) and Tomoe Gozen, was known for his great strength. In 1213, Asahina’s father, Yoshimori, was provoked to revolt unsuccessfully against the Hojo regents of the Kamakura shogunate. The battle depicted here occurred during that revolt.

19th-Century Japanese Printmaking, Part I
The Heroic, Bizarre, and Supernatural
Sep 09, 1998 – Dec 06, 1998
Legends of the Samurai
Oct 01, 1993

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Tombstone

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (Japanese, 1798-1861
b. in Edo, Japan)
Jōshūya Juzō 上州屋重蔵 (Japanese, 1812 - 1876, Edo, Japan), publisher
Koizumi Kanegōrō 小泉兼五郎 (Japanese, Active in 1800s in Edo, Japan), block carver
The Wada Rebellion: Asahina Saburō Yoshihide Attacking with Fierce Courage and Strength (和田合戦　朝夷三郎義秀猛勇怪力之図 Wada kassen Asahina Saburō Yoshihide mōyū kairyoku no zu); 和田合戦　朝夷三郎義秀　猛勇怪力之図, 1857, 5th month
Polychrome woodblock prints
Right parts of a vertical ōban triptych: 35.9 x 49.5 cm (14 1/8 x 19 1/2 inches)
Gift of Paula and Leonard Granoff 85.197.8

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