Title : Awazu-ga-hara o-kassen: Yoshinaka Shitenno Imai Shiro Kanehira

Artist : Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Date : 1839-1841 (circa)

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Source : British Museum
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Description : Woodblock triptych print, oban tate-e. Prowess of Imai Kanehira at the Battle of Awazu (1184), the scene is in the snow, with water and the mountains in the background; he is shown on a black horse in the centre fighting under the pine tree of Karasaki on the shore of Lake Biwa, with Minamoto no Yoshitsune at the left.

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