歌川芳虎 UTAGAWA YOSHITORA Japanese antique art Triptych Original woodblock prints / Battle of Koromo River - Musashibo Benkei 武蔵坊弁慶 OW102 sculpture on the mountains of Awata

on the mountains of Awata lower leaves have just begun to fall

Painting size : 13

月上東山 means moon above the east mountain

Special notes: CRACK in one of the cups (See the photos) About the colors of the photos

the Tenchugumi was defeated by the Shogunate forces and the Tenchugumi was destroyed

歌川芳虎 UTAGAWA YOSHITORA Japanese antique art Triptych Original woodblock prints / Battle of Koromo River - Musashibo Benkei 武蔵坊弁慶 OW102 sculpture on the mountains of AwataDescription UTAGAWA YOSHITORA Japanese antique art Triptych Original woodblock prints Battle of Koromo River Musashibo Benkei OW102 Utagawa Yoshitora: (act. ca. 1836 1887)Utagawa Yoshitora was a designer of ukiyo e Japanese woodblock prints and an illustrator of books and newspapers. He was born in Edo (modern Tokyo), he was the oldest pupil of Utagawa Kuniyoshi who excelled in prints of warriors, kabuki actors, beautiful women, and foreigners