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Notes (1st edition)
Publisher (this edition): Morimoto Shotaro Morimoto Shotaro
Date of this item: 1899 1899
Notes (this edition)
These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.:
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		 Thursday, 21 September 2006

Artist Shusei
Title Yoshitsune and his men troubled by the wind and rain at Daimotsu no Ura
Date July 15, 1899
Publisher Morimoto Shotaro
Format Oban triptych (28 3/4" X 15")
Comment Slight centerfolds
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