| Title: |
The Battle of Kurikara-dani - Series: Hokkuku O-Kassen (Two Warriors in Combat) |
| Artist: |
Kuniyoshi, Ichiyasai (Japan, 1798 - 1861) |
| Date: |
1853 |
| Medium: |
Original Japanese Woodcut |
| Publisher: |
Hayashiya Shogoro |
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Sensor Seal (1844 - 1861) |
| Series: |
Hokkoku O-Kassen |
| Note: |
"Kuniyoshi was a master of many facets but in the fields of legend and history he reigns supreme. His is the work that forms the yardstick against which all others are judged." *
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Mid nineteenth century Ukiyo-e art is best represented in its three most illustrious artists. The woodcuts of Hokusai and Hiroshige are permanently linked to the greatest images in Japanese landscape art. Yet the third master artist, Kuniyoshi, was equally adept at landscape, satire and in his famous legend and warrior prints, of which this is a classic example. |
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A student of Toyokuni, Kuniyoshi in his art has always seemed more akin to Western thought and style than any other Golden Age Japanese master. He was, after all, the first to attempt consolidating Western temperament and themes into his art, usually with remarkable success. |
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Ichiyasai Kuniyoshi's finest art was created from the 1830's and into the later years of the 1850's. After that date continuing ill health left its mark. His most famous works draw from legend and history which gave him the imaginative vehicle to portray a vast spectrum of human emotions. His influence on the course of the Japanese woodcut was enormous and was directly passed on in the Meji era to his best student, Yoshitoshi. This Ichiyasai Kuniyoshi Japanese woodcut entitled, "The Battle of Kurikara-dani - Series: Hokkuku O-Kassen (Two Warriors in Combat)" is a classic example of why his art was so influential. This woodcut depicts the battle of Kurikara-dani, also known as the battle of Tonamiyama, a brilliant maneuver that took place during the Genpei War of 1183. Here we see the chaos that ensued after the surprise attack by the Minamoto clan against the Taira clan at Kurikara-toge pass with the warriors falling down a cliff gripped in mortal combat, their legs and arms entwined in free-falling confusion. This is a brilliant composition that only the genius of Kuniyoshi could render. |
| Reference: |
* Richard Illing, The Art of Japanese Prints, Gallery
Books, New York, 1983, pp. 120-122. |
| Size: |
Oban (Sizes in inches are approximate,
height preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
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Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials |
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View larger Framed Image |
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| Condition: |
Printed upon mid-nineteenth century mulberry (rice) paper and with full margins as published by Hayashiya Shogoro for the series: Hokkuku O-Kassen in 1853. A vibrant printing in full colours and bearing the wood grain markings of a very early impression. It is in excellent condition throughout. The Battle of Kurikara-dani (Two Warriors in Combat) represents a prime example of the famous warrior art of Ichiyasai Kuniyoshi. |
| Price: |
Sold - The price is no longer available. |
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