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 number830652013

DescriptionThis is the right panel of the triptych. It depicts a battle scene between figures wearing black and white samurai-like armor and figures wearing peasant-like clothing. In the foreground a group of armored figures is destroying a painted screen. In the middle ground a peasant figure is in the act of throwing a pot at some armored figures. In the background outside the open wall of the building a snow-covered village is visible with several more groups of figures. On the far right side of the work is a vertical red banner of Japanese characters.

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