Woodblock print

Description

Sheet from a colour woodblock print triptych, depicting Minamoto no Yorimasa, aided by Ii Hayata and Watanabe Choshichi, shooting down the nue from the roof of the Emperor Konoe's palace: Japan, Edo, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1820 - 1825

Museum reference

A.1887.745.68.3.47

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1797 - 1861, Artist
Edo, Musashi province, Japan, East Asia
Yamamotoya Heikichi, 1812 - 1886 (fl.), Publisher

Date

1820 - 1825

Materials

Paper

Associations

Depicted: Minamoto no Yorimasa
Depicted: Emperor Konoe
Depicted: Ii Hayata
Depicted: Watanabe Choshichi