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Utagawa KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)		from: Taiheiki eiyu-den (Heroic Biographies from the 'Tale of the Grand Pacification') - no. 3: Chibata Shurinoshin Katsuie (1530-1583) breaking large water buckets -
		Signed:                         Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga Date:                             1847-50 Censor's seal:              Mera and Murata Publisher:                    Yamamoto-ya Heikichi Size:                              ôban tate-e (c. 36 x 25 cms / c. 14 1/8" x 9 7/8") Condition: Good impression and color; a faint cenerfold mark and a small backed wormhole, very slightly trimmed at bottom; otherwise in very good conditon. ref. no.:  # 773355 Price:     € 440.00

"Chibata Katsuie (1530-83) is shown here immediately after the fulfillment of his dramatic decision to leave his troops without water, - the action that brought him a victory in the defense of Chôkôji castle." (*) - (The full description will come with the print.) Reference: - B.W. Robinson, "KUNIYOSHI - The Warrior Prints"; Oxford, 1982; series: S.62, no. #7. - E. Varshavskaya, "Heroes of the Grand Pacification"; Amsterdam, 2005, no. #3 (*).

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