Benkei reading his scroll
Artist
Available from
Medium
Movement
Year
1842
Edition
Unknown
Dimensions
36 x 74.1 cm
Condition
excellent
Signed
signed
Benkei reading his scroll (kwanjincho) to Togashi Sayemon at the Ataka Barrier, he and his party dressed as monks. Published by Yeshima, Censors' seal: Yoshimura, No blockcutter's mark, Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet) 一勇斎国芳画. Reference; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T126 (Page 174). A legendary episode from the life of the great warrior Minamoto no Yoshitsune.
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