Hayashi Motoharu (1858-1903)
Actors Ichikawa Sadanji I in the role of Watanabe no Tsuna and Onoe Kikugoro V as the Demon of Mount Atago (Atagoyama no Akki), 1892
Woodblock print, triptych
Signed: 'Oju Motoharu' and sealed 'Moto' and 'Haru'
Dated: Meiji 25 (1892)
Publisher: Mitani Otojiro
Signed: 'Oju Motoharu' and sealed 'Moto' and 'Haru'
Dated: Meiji 25 (1892)
Publisher: Mitani Otojiro
Vertical oban triptych:
37.2 x 25.4 cm. (14 ⅝ x 10 in.) (each sheet, approx.)
37.2 x 25.4 cm. (14 ⅝ x 10 in.) (each sheet, approx.)
Very good impression and excellent colour. Good overall condition, slight creases to each sheet. The right-hand sheet with an expert restoration to the lower left edge. The left sheet with some small expert repairs to the middle of the right-hand edge. A few light marks to margins.
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A dramatic portrait of the warrior Watanabe no Tsuna fighting the demon of Mount Atago. Tsuna sweeps his sword to the right with a determined expression ready to sever the...
A dramatic portrait of the warrior Watanabe no Tsuna fighting the demon of Mount Atago. Tsuna sweeps his sword to the right with a determined expression ready to sever the demon's arm. According to legend, the fierce demon had been harassing people who tried to pass through the Rashomon Gate, so the great warrior Watanabe no Tsuna decided to investigate and vanquish the demon. Ibaraki attacked him, and the pair battled until Tsuna was able to draw his sword and sever the demon's arm. Ibaraki went screaming away, and Tsuna took the arm home as a trophy.