Japanese Works of Art - 20th May 2026

Lot 866

A WOODBLOCK PRINT TRIPTYCH BY KUNIYOSHI

Estimate £600 - £1,000

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Description

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1798-1861)
YOSHITSUNE AT ICHI-NO-TANI
EDO PERIOD, C.1842-1843

A Japanese woodblock print triptych entitled Minamoto no Yoshitsune Ichi-no-tani chōjō jin soroi zu (Yoshitsune and his men looking down on the Taira position at Ichi-no-tani from the precipice of Hiyodori-goe), the central panel signed Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga and the others Chō-ō-ō Kuniyoshi ga, published by Izumi-ya Ichibei, 36cm x 24cm (left), 36cm x 25cm (centre) and 36cm x 25cm (right panel).

Cf. B W Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints, where this design is listed as T84.