Woodblock diptych print, oban tate-e. Warriors: each representing a champion on the takeda side in the kawanakajima campaign and seated and in armour (possibly originally intended to form a triptych). (1) yamagata saburohei masakage in green armour seated, facing right, holding a long black club upright'; 1/94; $630 (kruml), and (2) kosaka danjo-no-jo masanobu in blue-black armour seated, facing left, holding a black club in his lap, with an armillary sphere. (diptych?). Date: 19thC(mid). Dimensions: Height: 37.70 centimetres (l) Height: 38.20 centimetres (r) Width: 25.70 centimetres (l) Width: 25.60 centimetres (r). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Print (BM 2008,3037.21411)
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