Utagawa Yoshifusa (active 1837–1860)
Lot 40

Utagawa Yoshifusa (active 1837–1860)

The Ghost of Akugenta Taking Revenge on Nanba at the Nunobiki Waterfall

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Utagawa Yoshifusa (active 1837–1860)
The Ghost of Akugenta Taking Revenge on Nanba at the Nunobiki Waterfall
The Ghost of Akugenta Taking Revenge on Nanba at the Nunobiki Waterfall

Woodblock-printed triptych, each sheet signed Ipposai Yoshifusa ga, published by Omiya Kyusuke, 1856, 2nd month
Vertical oban triptych (each sheet approx. 37.3 x 25.2 cm.)

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This dramatic design depicts the ghost of the warrior Akugenta Yoshihira (1141–1160) exacting revenge on his murderer Nanba Jiro. Akugenta causes lightening to strike his murderer Nanba at the centre of the composition, and at the same time shoots flames at his enemy Taira no Kiyomori, on the right sheet of the triptych. The Nunobiki waterfall is highlighted in blue against the darkness to the far left of the composition.

For another impression in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession number 2001.715.11a–c, go to:
https://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/63378?=&imgno=0&tabname=label