Taira troops flee geese in Fujigawa

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1798-1861) (Artist)

Ibaya Sensaburo (Publisher)

Ca. 1845-46 (late Edo)

Mulberry paper, pigments

Taira troops in a panic flee geese at the battle of Fujigawa on 9 Nov. 1180
The upper part of the print is the title of the series in large formal characters reserved in a black rectangle; on the left is a decorative panel with the name of the post-station and a short text

Inscription

[Signature] Hiroshige ga; [Signature] Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga

Provenance

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C. Robert Snell, Oriental Arts & Antiques, Timonium, Maryland; purchased by Justine Lewis Keidel, Owings Mills, Maryland, after 1971; given to Walters Art Museum, 1991.

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Geographies

Edo (Place of Origin)

Credit Line

Gift of Justine Lewis Keidel, 1991

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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95.557

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