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KUNITSUNA, Utagawa (1805 - 1868)		Battle at the Akama Bay (Genpei war) ('Akama ura Genpei daisen no zu')
		Signed:                          Ichiransai Kunitsuna ga Publisher:                     Sadami-ya Tokichi Dated:                            1858 Size:                               c. 35.5 x 24.3 cms / c. 14" x 9 5/8" (each sheet) Condition: EXCELLENT impression, with fresh, unfaded colors (because formerly bound in album, - for the same reason slightly trimmed), else in FINE condition. ref. no.:  # 753290 Price:     € 1,800.00

The triptych depicts the nightly scene of the Great Battle between the Taira and the Minamoto clans at Dan-no-Ura: MINAMOTO-NO-YOSHITSUNE is saved by his soldiers from being attacked by TAIRA-NO-NORITSUNE, who had sneeked onto Minamoto's ship. Kunitsuna, ukiyo-e painter and print artist, was a pupil of Utagawa Toyokuni I (1769-1825).

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