Utagawa Yoshitsuya (1822-1866)
Shuten doji at Oeyama (Oeyama Shuten doji), 1858, 10th month
Woodblock print
Each sheet signed 'Ichieisai Yoshitsuya ga'
Publisher: Kiya Sojiro
Dated: 1858 (Ansei 5), 10th month
Each sheet signed 'Ichieisai Yoshitsuya ga'
Publisher: Kiya Sojiro
Dated: 1858 (Ansei 5), 10th month
Vertical oban, triptych:
36.4 x 24.5 cm. (14 ⅜ x 9 ⅝ in.) (each sheet, approx.)
36.4 x 24.5 cm. (14 ⅜ x 9 ⅝ in.) (each sheet, approx.)
Very good impression and colour, centre and right sheets partially joined together (the join slightly split in places), slight trimming, slight wear to paper edges with small losses to the left edge of the left-hand sheet, slight creasing, slight soiling to bottom edge of right-hand sheet.
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This dynamic triptych depicts the legendary tale in which the hero Minamoto Yorimitsu, also known as Raiko, accompanied by his four retainers, slays the giant demon Shuten-doji at his mountainous...
This dynamic triptych depicts the legendary tale in which the hero Minamoto Yorimitsu, also known as Raiko, accompanied by his four retainers, slays the giant demon Shuten-doji at his mountainous lair on Oeyama.
Another impression is in the collection of the Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, accession no. 2007.214.92.1-3, go to: https://harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/316921
A further impression is in the collection of The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, accession no. E.14254-1886, go to:
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O16143/the-giant-ogre-shutendoji-at-print-utagawa-yoshitsuya/
Another impression is in the collection of the Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, accession no. 2007.214.92.1-3, go to: https://harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/316921
A further impression is in the collection of The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, accession no. E.14254-1886, go to:
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O16143/the-giant-ogre-shutendoji-at-print-utagawa-yoshitsuya/