| | Stockno.: | 22-131 | Artist: | Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川 國芳(1797-1861) | Description: | Sasai Ukon Masanao 笹井右近尚直 from the series Heroes of the Great Peace (Taiheiki eiyūden 太平記英勇傳).
Published by Yamamotoya Heikichi in 1848-49.
The text is by Ryūkatei Tanekazu (1804-58).
Masanao was a loyal supporter of Oda Nobunaga. After a succesful attack on the enemy, he is waiting for the ship to take him and his men home but it arrived too late as the enemy launched a counter-attackl, leading him to take his life.
Text in print is translated in Heroes of the grand pacification: Kuniyoshi's Taiheiki eiyū den by Elena Varshavskaya, Hotei Publishing, 2005, p. 80. | Signed: | Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga一勇斎国芳画 plus Kiri seal. | Size: | Oban tate-e. | Condition: | Very good impression, colour and condition | Price: | Euro 850 SOLD | Reference: | Robinson 1982, S62 no. 37; Robinson 1961, no. 22; Varshavskaya 2005, no. 11 | | | |
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