Description
This print portrays Yūshi (also known as Akechi) Samanosuke Mitsuharu, and is number 31 of a series by Kuniyoshi entitled Taiheiki Eyuden 太平記英勇傳 (Heroes of the Great Peace).
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Title
- Yushi Samanosuke Mitsuharu
- 勇士左馬之助光晴
Contributors
- Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Artist)
- 歌川 国芳 (Artist)
- Yamamotoya Heikichi (Publisher)
- 山本屋平吉 (Publisher)
Date Created
The date the item was original created (prior to any relationship with the ASU Digital Repositories.)
1848 to 1849
Resource Type
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Identifier
- Identifier TypeLocally defined identifierIdentifier ValueASUM 2008.023.022
Note
- Vertical ōban. Dimensions: 13 ⅞ x 9 11/16 in. (35.24 x 24.61)
- Series title: Taiheiki Eyuden 太平記英勇傳
- Artist’s signature: Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga 一勇斎国芳画
- Artist’s seal: red kiri 桐 leaves
- Censors’ seals: Mera 米良, Murata 村田
- Publisher’s seal: Double mountains, kyū 久
- Series number seal: Stylized 31 三十一 in circle
- “Yūshi Samanosuke Mitsuharu (Akechi Samanosuke Mitsuharu), a cousin of Akechi Mitsuhide, reads a list and sits among the treasures he has stolen from Nobunaga who he has just treacherously killed. After being defeated by Hideyoshi in 1582 he returns the treasures and thereafter sets fire to his castle; he then kills his children and himself.”, opens in a new window From Heroes & Ghosts: Japanese Prints by Kuniyoshi, 1797-1861 by Robert Schaap, Leiden: Hotei Publishing, 1998, p. 266.
- Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter
