Japanese Print "Old Battle Field - The Scenic Places of Tokaido" by Utagawa Tsuyanaga
Artist:Utagawa Tsuyanaga
Title:Old Battle Field - The Scenic Places of Tokaido
Date:1863.
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Source:artelino - Japanese Prints
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"Tokaido Meisho no Uchi" (The Scenic Places of Tokaido). This large series by different artists and publishers was for the commemoration of shogun Tokugawa Iemochi's historic travel from Edo to Kyoto to pay respect to the emperor. Shogun procession is passing a large pine tree nicknamed, "Yoroi-kake Matsu" (Armor Hanging Pine) at Okehazama. The old battle field where Oda Nobunaga defeated the powerful Imagawa Yoshimoto's army.