Kuniyoshi - 100 Warriors

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 

The samurai Yoshihiro attempting to assassinate prince Otonomiya Moriyoshi at Kamakura. A scene from the "Taihei-ki". The Prince was in his cave prison, reading Buddhist sutras by lamplight. This is a color, two page spread from Kuniyoshi's book featuring 100 warriors from history and legend. Almost all the ukiyo-e artists also illustrated books as well as designing woodblock prints and paintings.

Size of each page: 4.25"x 6.5"
Size of spread: 8.5" (W) x 6.5"(H)

Date: 1850's

Condition: Not backed, borders as shown, some dirt as shown. Both pages are separate, not glued.