Japanese Print "Heike no ichimon horobite hoken wa saikai ni" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Japanese Print "Heike no ichimon horobite hoken wa saikai ni" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 歌川国芳 (Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳))

Artist:Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Title:Heike no ichimon horobite hoken wa saikai ni

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Source:British Museum
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Woodblock triptych print, oban tate-e. Yoshitsune, Benkei, and Yoshimori listening to the report of two female divers (ama), mother and daughter, named Oimatsu and Wakamatsu, who had tried to recover the sacred sword of the regalia from the sea-bottom after the battle of Dan-no-ura (1185),

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