Lady Tokiwa Fleeing with Children, 1850s, Utagawa Kunitsugu, Japanese, active 1850s, 43 3/4 × 22 5/8 in. ( × cm) (image)83 1/2 × 29 1/4 in. ( × cm) (mount), Ink and color on paper, Japan, Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e, In 1159, the powerful clan leader Minamoto Yoshitomo was defeated by Taira Kiyomori, and Lady Tokiwa fled through the snow with their three children: Imawaka, Otowaka, and Ushiwaka (aka Minamoto Yoshitsune, destined to become one of the most famous samurai warriors). No other works are known by the mysterious Kunitsugu

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