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| Artist: | Unknown- Hideshizu- Shusei |
| Title: | Benkei and the Stormy Sea |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1899 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Morimoto Shotaro |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Morimoto Shotaro |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Not Set
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| Format (this edition): | Not Set |
| DB artwork code: | 38282 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Title Benkei and the Stormy Sea
Artist not identified
Signature Signature was read as "Hideshizu" or "Shusei"
Dated 1899
Publisher Morimoto Shotaro
Technique/Medium Woodblock print
Impression excellent
Colors excellent - very good
Condition very good … light toning, upper margins creased, slightly soiled and wrinkled, metallic transfer stains in the middle of the left sheet, not album backed.
Description Unusual Meiji triptych depicting the ominous lightning during the storm at Daimotsu Bay. Benkei and Yoshitsune's men will be confronted by the ghosts of Taira clan. This famous episode had been depicted numerous times by different artists.
Format 3 Oban tate-e
Width 29.5 inches = 75.0 cm
Height 14.8 inches = 37.5 cm |
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