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国芳 Kuniyoshi

国芳 Kuniyoshi

Artist : Kuniyoshi

Series : 

Mirror of Our Country’s Heroes 

Samurai :

Yamamoto Kansuke Haruyuki

 

Published : Edo 1858 (安政5年)

Size : 24.7 × 34.8 cm

(Including the frame 35 × 46 cm)

 

It’s a very rare print about

 “Yamamoto Kansuke”.

He was a strategist of Takeda Shingen who is an important person in the battles of Kawanakajima. 

The battle is famous that continued for twelve years(1553-1564) by Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin in the late Muromachi period. 

 

 

The same print is at

The British Museum and MFA. 

(MFA=Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.)



     

    ©Yui Miyazaki

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