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Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川 国芳

The Wada Rebellion: Asahina Saburō Yoshihide Attacking with Fierce Courage and Strength (Wada kassen Asahina Saburō Yoshihide mōyū kairyoku no zu), 1857, 5th month

Description

Maker

  • Jōshūya Juzō (Kinjūdō), Japanese, publisher
  • Koizumi Kanegōrō (Hori Kane), Japanese, block carver

Title

The Wada Rebellion: Asahina Saburō Yoshihide Attacking with Fierce Courage and Strength (Wada kassen Asahina Saburō Yoshihide mōyū kairyoku no zu)

Year

1857, 5th month

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • color,
  • ink

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

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

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed: Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga
Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 4
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Kane

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Paula and Leonard Granoff

Object Number

85.197.8

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Poets, Heroes, and Courtiers

September 6 - December 1, 2002

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

September 9 - December 6, 1998

Legends of the Samurai

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