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Sanzaki Yagoro Noriyasu with raised sword cuts a flying burning bundle of sticks in the foreground. A defeated enemy, in the background, on his knees bleedingThe title is on the upper part of the print in a black tsuba shaped cartouche. It is connected to a design by one of Kuniyoshi's daughters. This includes a poem. The numbering, when present, is in the 'iroha' order in a small lozenge shaped label.

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Document identity
localId
38438
label
Sanzaki Yagoro Noriyasu with raised sword
core
obj
dtoType
print
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1
Source metadata
id
38438
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Sanzaki Yagoro Noriyasu with raised sword
description
Sanzaki Yagoro Noriyasu with raised sword cuts a flying burning bundle of sticks in the foreground. A defeated enemy, in the background, on his knees bleedingThe title is on the upper part of the print in a black tsuba shaped cartouche. It is connected to a design by one of Kuniyoshi's daughters. This includes a poem. The numbering, when present, is in the 'iroha' order in a small lozenge shaped label.
provenance
Justine Lewis Keidel
date
03/1857 (late Edo)
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
woodblock prints
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
37
height
25.5
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 14 9/16 x 10 1/16 in. (37 x 25.5 cm)
style
Utagawa School
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga; [Date Seal] Mi san [Date Seal Translation] Snake 3 (March 1857)
med
Mulberrry paper, pigments
creator_ids
14918
5546
collection_ids
none
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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1f5743418750bfba