Hasegawa Sadanobu Woodblock Triptych Satsuma Rebellion Kumamoto Bridge Battle 1877 LS#215 Jar gilt horizontal hardware at center

gilt horizontal hardware at center top and bottom provided the original mounting points

He first built a successful career as a designer in the kimono world—especially obi design—before pivoting to woodblock prints around age 50

economical figural group in the foreground anchoring the atmospheric wash of aircraft and airfield behind

Width = 5"

where they provided both tactile grip and symbolic resonance

Hasegawa Sadanobu Woodblock Triptych Satsuma Rebellion Kumamoto Bridge Battle 1877 LS#215 Jar gilt horizontal hardware at centerHasegawa Sadanobu II Triptych Woodblock Print Nishiki e "Picture of the Bridge Battle at Kumamoto" () Japan, Meiji 10 (1877) A vivid and historically important nishiki e triptych by Hasegawa Sadanobu II, published in Osaka in 1877 during the Satsuma Rebellion. The composition depicts the fierce nighttime battle for control of a bridge at Kumamoto one of the pivotal engagements of the rebellion rendered with dramatic urgency across all three panels.