Honcho eiyu kagami

Description The title is on a rectangular cartouche with pierced corners. The name of the character is on a smaller attached panel. This print shows Yamaki Hangan Kanetaka held at bay in his mansion. A decoy helmet is pushed from behind a shoji screen using a naginata.

Provenance Robert S. Shaull [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Signature] Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga; [Date Seal] Umi roku - hachi; [Date Seal Translation] Horse 6-8 (July-September 1858)

Credit Bequest of Robert S. Shaull, 1990