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Tsukioka YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892)		The Great Battle of Yamazaki ('Yamazaki okassen no zu')
		Signed:                         Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi ga Publisher:                    Yamajin Date:                             April 1865 Size:                               oban triptych (c. 35 x 23. 5 cms / c. 13 3/4" x 9 1/4", each sheet) Condition: EXCELLENT impression with fresh, UNFADED colors, three separate panels as issued, a few small pin- or wormholes repaired, album backing, - very good overall condition. For a thematically related group of prints by UTAGAWA TOYONOBU in this gallery section (previous page):  CLICK  HERE ref. no.:  # 712651 Price:     € 1,950.00

Fine, early work by the artists, stylistically still close to the Utagawa school and Kuniyoshi, whose pupil he was. The freshness of the colors is due to the fact that the triptych had been kept in an album, and so protected from too much light. Scene from the great Battle of Yamazaki in 1582 in which TOYOTOMI HIDEYOSHI defeated MITSUHIDE, who had seized power by forcing the grat leader NOBUNAGA to commit suicide. Here, the battle rages with two samurai on horseback galloping at each other head on. - A great depiction from Yoshitoshi's early period. RARE in such fine state of color preservation and printing quality. Reference: Keyes #155.

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