Japanese Print "Koan yonnen kojo rieki mo 弘安四年上八利益濛 軍敗北 / Koso go-ichidai ryakuzu 高祖御一代略圖 (Concise Illustrated Biography of Monk Nichiren)" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Artist:Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Title:Koan yonnen kojo rieki mo 弘安四年上八利益濛 軍敗北 / Koso go-ichidai ryakuzu 高祖御一代略圖 (Concise Illustrated Biography of Monk Nichiren)
Date:1835 (circa)
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Source:British Museum
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Description:
Woodblock print, obsn yoko-e. The defeat of the Mongol army in 1281, as prophesized by Nichiren; a wrecked ship off a bay in a fierce wind, with surviving members of the Mongol force being dispatched by Japanese warriors on the shore.