Great battle at Kanazawa (Komorogawa) stockade in Ōshu. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, ca. 1833.

  • Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.
Date:
[1833?]
Reference:
36175i
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Description

With designs like this, Kunisada sought to compete (unsuccessfully) with Kuniyoshi's warrior prints

Great battle in which Kamakura Gongorō Kagemasa, fighting for Yoshiie, distinguished himself: he dominates the central leaf

Publication/Creation

Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], [1833?]

Physical description

3 prints : woodcut, triptych printed in colours

Lettering

Kōchōrō Kunisada-ga Bears publisher's mark, censor's seal and set title

Notes

Picture of the fall of the caste at Komorogawa (Kanzawa) stockade in Ōshu

Reference

Wellcome Collection 36175i

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