Untitled Japanese Print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Artist:Utagawa Kuniyoshi

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Source:British Museum
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Woodblock diptych print, oban tate-e. Warriors: each representing a champion on the Takeda side in the Kawanakajima campaign and seated and in armour (possibly originally intended to form a triptych). (1) Yamagata Saburohei Masakage in green armour seated, facing right, holding a long black club upright'; 1/94; $630 (Kruml), and (2) Kosaka Danjo-no-jo Masanobu in blue-black armour seated, facing left, holding a black club in his lap, with an armillary sphere.(diptych?)

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