[JAPANESE PRINTS] – YOSHITORA, Utagawa (active ca. 1836-1887). “Musha gyôretsu no zu” (Procession of Warriors).
Description
Three col. woodcuts (forming a triptych) of which 2 signed in the block (resp. in outer left part & outer right part) & 3 Aratame censor’s seals. Publ. by Ômiya Kyûjirô (Kiyûdô) with his publisher’s seal in lower right corner (Tokyo, ca. 1865). Ca. 35,5 x 74 cm. (image). Behind passepartout & framed (behind glass).
Footnote
¶ Very rare 19th-cent. triptych depicting a military procession probably related to the Japanese Samurai Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598) who was the military leader of the Japanese invasions of Korea in 1592-1598. – A few minor imperfections (small brown spot in upper left corner & lower left part, occ. sl. creased in outer margins, partly foxed/ browned), but nevertheless in an acceptable condition (not examined out of frame).
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Description
Three col. woodcuts (forming a triptych) of which 2 signed in the block (resp. in outer left part & outer right part) & 3 Aratame censor’s seals. Publ. by Ômiya Kyûjirô (Kiyûdô) with his publisher’s seal in lower right corner (Tokyo, ca. 1865). Ca. 35,5 x 74 cm. (image). Behind passepartout & framed (behind glass).
Footnote
¶ Very rare 19th-cent. triptych depicting a military procession probably related to the Japanese Samurai Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598) who was the military leader of the Japanese invasions of Korea in 1592-1598. – A few minor imperfections (small brown spot in upper left corner & lower left part, occ. sl. creased in outer margins, partly foxed/ browned), but nevertheless in an acceptable condition (not examined out of frame).