Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)
The brave warrior Hatakeyama Shigetada (1164-1205) on horseback in his last battle on the banks of the river Futamatagawa, already badly wounded by the arrows of his enemies who wanted to kill him for his alleged disloyalty to Hôjô Tokimasa.
Title: Hatakeyama Shôji Shigetada
Series: Yoshitoshi musha burui (Yoshitoshi's Courageous Warriors)
Signature: Taiso Yoshitoshi ga
Seal: Taiso
Engraver: Horikô Muneoka (Muneoka Nobukichi)
Publisher: Tsunajima Kamekichi, Tokyo
Date: 1886 (this edition, first ed. 1883)
Size: Vertical Ôban, 33.2 x 22.3 cm (image)
Very good impression, excellent colour, with lustre printing added to the bloodstains. Full margins, unbacked. Excellent condition. From the only slightly later high-quality edition printed by Tsunashima Kamekichi from the original blocks, with a two-colour cartouche (!). Rare also in this edition. Van den Ing/Schaap, Beauty and Violence, no. 44.10; for the editions cf. ibid. p. 65. Cf. British Museum 1906,1220,0.1510; NDL DOI 10.11501/1302767; Toyko Metropolitan Library 4300670371 (different colour variants of the sky).
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