The night attack of faithful samurai (chujitsuna samurai no yashu)
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Japan
1798 – 1861
The night attack of faithful samurai (chujitsuna samurai no yashu)
1856
woodblock print; ink and colour on paper (triptych)
Japan
1798 – 1861
The night attack of faithful samurai (chujitsuna samurai no yashu)
1856
woodblock print; ink and colour on paper (triptych)
- Place made
- Edo (Tokyo)
- Medium
- woodblock print; ink and colour on paper (triptych)
- Dimensions
- 35.7 x 69.3 cm (overall)
- Credit line
- Gift of David Forrest CBE and Jánis Nedéla through the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation 2023. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.
- Accession number
- 20233G44(a-c)
- Signature and date
- Signed l. r., black ink, "Ichiryusai Kuniyoshi ga ", translated as "Picture by Ichiryusai Kuniyoshi".
- Collection area
- Asian art - Japan
- Image credit
- Photos: Stewart Adams