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平敦盛と玉織姫
Taira no Atsumori and Tamaori-hime
平敦盛と玉織姫
Isoda Koryûsai (Japanese, 1735–1790)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1768–72 (late Meiwa era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hashira-e; 53.5 x 11.7 cm (21 1/16 x 4 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.547
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
King and Iwakiri, Japanese Warrior Prints (2007), #31; Hockley 2003, p. 262, #L-8; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 6, Musee Guimet I (1990), pl. 94
DescriptionAlso sometimes identified as Yoshitsune and Shizuka; but the young warrior's pre-adult hairstyle and the lack of the tiger-skin scabbard associated with Yoshitsune suggests a different identification.
Signed
Koryûsai ga
湖龍斎画
湖龍斎画
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross