Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915)
Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915)

The power of the Japanese Imperial Navy

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Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915)
The power of the Japanese Imperial Navy
Sealed Shin
Hanging scroll; ink and oil on silk
50¼ x 33½in. (127.6 x 85cm.)
Poem inscribed by Prince Arisugawa Takehito (1862-1913) and wood box inscribed by Viscount Takebe Mitsumaro (b. 1880)

Taira no Kagekiyo pulling the neckguard of Mionoya Juro Kunitoshi at the Battle of Yashima, from the Tale of the Heike
Signed Kiyochika and sealed
Hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on silk
46¾ x 19½in. (118.8 x 49.5cm.)

For a Noh mask of Kagekiyo see lot 325. (2)

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