Original Print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi c1849 Menjō Katsuteru Battle of Shizugatake LS#173 Paper over 100 years ago

over 100 years ago

Made with wooden pin construction

This is a beautiful Japanese Meiji era (c

and well-preserved inlay

The print skewers Russian military confidence through domestic pathos — a departure scene rendered as tragicomedy

Original Print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi c1849 Menjō Katsuteru Battle of Shizugatake LS#173 Paper over 100 years agoUtagawa Kuniyoshi () Menju Sosuke Ieteru (Heroes of the Taiheiki) Powerful warrior portrait from Kuniyoshis landmark Heroes of the Taiheiki series. The design portrays the youthful retainer Menj Katsuteru (Menju Katsusuke)here given the pseudonym Menju Sosuke Ieteru to comply with Edo period censorshipcharging into enemy ranks to retrieve his lords captured standard. Spears jab from the margins, arrows and swords litter the ground, and Kuniyoshis