| | Stockno.: | 22-267_4 | Artist: | Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年 (1839-1892) | Description: | No. 3, Sakanoue Tamuramaro (758-811) in a rain of arrows,from the series Mirrors of famous commanders of great Japan (Dai Nippon meishō kagami). Published by Funazu Chūjirō in 1876.
Tamamuro was on the point of defeat in a campaign against the Ebisu barbarians in the Seizaka mountains when he prayed to Buddha. The gods of the Four Quarters sent a storm of arrows to come to his aid, helping him to defeat the enemy. | Signed: | ōju Yoshitoshi hitsu, Taiso seal. | Size: | Oban tate-e | Condition: | Very good impression, colour and condition. Album backing. | Price: | Euro 475 | Reference: | Beauty and Violence, cat no. 27 | | | |
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