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KUNIYOSHI school		Heroic stories of the Taiheiki  ('Taiheiki eiyuden') Endo Giemon Masatada with severed head
		Drawing in 'sumi' (black ink) and color on thin paper. (also shown in the 'kabuki & legend' section) Date:                  19th century Size of sheet:   (36 x 27 cms / c. 14 1/8" x 10 1/2") Text by:             Ryukatei Tanekazu (1807-58) Condition: fine ref. no.: # S56 1549 Price:  € 590.00 (sold)

The Taiheiki eiyuden are dedicated to two of the most famous samurai warriors of the so-called 'Warring period' (1467-1658), Oda Nobunaga (1534-82) and Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-98). The biographical text is by Ryukatei Tanekazu (1807-58), author of popular novels and illustrated books. Endo Giemon Masatada, having crossed the enemy's line at the battle of Anegawa, is about to hurl a severed head at Nobunaga. Arrows on the ground around him. Reference to the series: Robinson (1982), series S62, no. 50.

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