Lot Essay
For different impressions of all four see Elena Varshavskaya, Heroes of the Grand Pacification: Kuniyoshi's Taiheiki Eiyu den, (Amsterdam, 2005), p.61, 82, 104, 134
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Four prints from the series Taiheiki eiyu den [Heroic Stories of the Taiheiki - The Great Pacification]; the death of Sasai Kyuzo Masayasu at the battle of the Anegawa River; and three others, all signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, with kiri seal, published by Yamamotoya Heikichi, all good impressions and colour, the first backed, all with light staining
All oban tate-e (4)
Four prints from the series Taiheiki eiyu den [Heroic Stories of the Taiheiki - The Great Pacification]; the death of Sasai Kyuzo Masayasu at the battle of the Anegawa River; and three others, all signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, with kiri seal, published by Yamamotoya Heikichi, all good impressions and colour, the first backed, all with light staining
All oban tate-e (4)