Revenge of the Taira Warriors, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1843–47

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Revenge of the Taira Warriors, Edo period (1615–1868), 1843–47, Japan, Triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, Oban triptych:, Each H. 14 3/4 in. ( cm); W. 9 7/8 in. ( cm), Prints, Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861), Kuniyoshi used silhouette—itself a symbol of evanescence—as a method of depiction such ethereal subjects as ghosts, around which developed a genre that became increasingly popular in the nineteenth century

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