Title : Yoritomo Minamoto and Hunting Party

Artist : Utagawa Kuniyasu

Date : 1820 C

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Source : Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
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Description : Once a triptych, now glued together as a,b,&c. (A)-A crowd of men are watching the flight of a falcon. One man holds the leash of a spotted dog. A noble man in lower center holds a falcon, one man hold a pole with caught game. In distance is a mountainous landscape with some buildings. (B)-A crowd of men watch the flight of birds. An umbrella is held over a nobleman. A black dog is at lower left, in front of a man holding an unhooded falcon. A cloud bank is behind the men, two birds fly above. Sail boats in the horizon. (C)- A CROWD OF men watch the flight of birds (part b) Two men at lower right hold unhooded falcons, a pink spotted dog is before them. One man holds a dead bird, two more hang from a pole at right. Beyond is a large tree, a cloud bank, sail boats are on the horizon.

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