Name: Taira Kiyomori Uses Incantations to Delay the Sunset
Brand: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Price: 4000.00 GBP
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A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION OF PRINTS BY UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Heishogoku Nyudo wa Go-Shirakawa-tei no otoshigo nite [Taira Kiyomori Uses Incantations to Delay the Sunset]

Woodblock print, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, published by Tsujiya Yasubei, circa 1842
Vertical oban triptych (each sheet 37.9 x 26cm.)

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Taira no Kiyomori had made a vow to complete the building of the Miyajima Shrine before sunset and this work depicts him arresting the sunset by incantations, so that work could proceed on the building.

Other impressions of this design are in the collection of the British Museum (see www.britishmuseum.org museum number 2008,3037.19102), and the Museum of Fine Arts Boston (see www.mfa.org accession numbers 11.16532, 11.16533, 11.16534).

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