UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)

Woodblock print nishiki-e, ôban format, musha-e triptych. Framed. Signed: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga. Publisher: Kiyomizu-ya Naojirô. Two censor’s seals: 1. Mera, 2. Murata. The last fight of Odai Matarokurô Yorisada, who has spitted three foemen on his spear and his henchman Iwatsu Tetsuemon Shigenobu outside their burning castle in the mid sixteenth century (1546).