TRIPTYCH BATTLE SCENE

Artist UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI (1769 - 1825)

DateNo date

CountryJapan

MediumWoodblock print

Dimensions36.4 × 24.9 cm (14 5/16 × 9 13/16") (Image)
61 × 101.6 cm (24 × 40") (Mat)

ClassificationsPrint

Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art, purchase/gift of Mahonri M. Young Estate.

Terms

Object number830652012

DescriptionThis is the left panel of the triptych. It depicts a battle scene between figures in black and white samurai-like armor and figures wearing colored peasant-like clothing. Most figures are holding a sword or a spear. Visible in the background outside the open wall of the building is a snowy landscape and one arm of the house. There is a painted screen knocked over in the center of the work. In the foreground a peasant figure stands with one foot on a snow-covered frame thrusting a spear down towards a prone armored figure.

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