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This ōban triptych depicts Minamoto Yoshitsune 源 義經 (center left) and his retainers after their victory over the troops of Minamoto no Yoshinaka at the battle of Hōjūjidono in 1184. The warrior monk Musashibō Benkei 武藏坊 辨慶 sits to the right of Yoshitsune. In the lower-right corner lie the decapitated heads of Nenoi Ōyata 根井 大弥太 and Gonrokurō 権六郎.
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- Minamoto no Yoshitsune Being Presented With the Heads of Nenoi Oyata and Gonrokuro
- 寿永三年正月木曽征伐迎十九臣之依武功一時得勝利於京都四条河原諸將之戦功稱美義経首實見之圖
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- Utagawa Yoshikazu (Artist)
- 歌川 芳員 (Artist)
- The Pride Publishing Company (Publisher)
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1858
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- Identifier TypeLocally defined identifierIdentifier ValueASUM 2009.007.001
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- Markings: Artist’s signature: Ichijusai Yoshikazu ga 一寿斎 芳員 画 (light blue toshidama, vertical text, two columns) Publisher’s seals: Sen ichi han 泉市板; Shiba sen ichi 芝泉市 (rectangle, vertical text, positive, black on white ground) Date seal: Horse 6 午六 (oval, black on white, positive, Marks p. 483)
- Gift of Barry Rosensteel
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