| | Stockno.: | 22-016 | Artist: | Toyohara Chikanobu 豊原周延 (1838-1912) | Description: | No. 31 Kusunoki Masatsura, from the series Eastern brocades: day and night compared (Azuma Nishiki Chūya Kurabe).
Published by Tsunashima Kamekichi, 9th of January 1886.
The inset shows Kusunoki Masatsura楠木 正行 (1326 – February 4, 1348), inscribing his death poem, having the premonition he will not be coming back from the Battle of Shijōnawate in 1348.
I have a feeling
I will not be returning,
so among the names
of those who died by the bow
I inscribe my own.
| Signed: | Yōshū Chikanobu hitsu, with toshidama seal. | Size: | Oban tate-e | Condition: | Very good impression, colour and condition | Price: | Euro 295 SOLD | Reference: | Coats, Chikanobu pl. 133, p. 127 | | | |
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