Triptych - Rice paper - 1850-1900

Original woodblock print triptych - Paper - Utagawa Yoshikazu (active 1848-1870) - 'Kawanakajima ōgassen no zu' 川中島大合戦の図 (The Great Battle of Kawanakajima) - Japan - 1853 (Kaei 6)

Xilografia originale. Original woodcut.

Artist: Utagawa Yoshikazu (active 1848-1870)
Title: The Great Battle of Kawanakajima
Year: 1853 (Kaei 6)

Depicts a conflict between the Takeda and Uesugi clans during the Sengoku period (XV-XVI century).
Represents the fourth and most famous battle of Kawanakajima (1561), known for the legendary one-on-one duel between the two rivals.
Uesugi Kenshin: The horseback warrior in the center, often depicted with a white monk's hood.
Takeda Shingen: The commander seated on the left, who in classical iconography (and visible in various variants of this theme) fends off Kenshin's blow with only his iron war fan (gunbai).

Conditions: three separate panels, trimmed, one vertical edge crease in each panel.

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