UTAGAWA YOSHITORA (ACT.1850-80)

UTAGAWA YOSHITORA (ACT.1850-80)

EDO PERIOD, C.1850

A rare Japanese woodblock print hexaptych entitled The Inundation Tactics of the Akamatsu Castle, published by Izumiya Ichibei, signed Ichimosai Yoshitora ga, six oban panels, 146cm x 36cm.

This panorama depicts the attack of the Akamatsu clan in the early 14th century by general Kusunoki Masashige. He is represented here at the bottom of the fourth panel from the left pointing at the flooded castle.