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Utagawa Yoshimune
The Soga Brothers Begging for Their Lives at YuigamamaApril 29, 1885

Not on view
Japanese woodblock print, three figures in kimonos outdoors: one crouching in gold-yellow robe, one standing in olive green, one raising a katana overhead in vivid blue
Japanese woodblock print, two kneeling figures in red and pink robes bowing toward the sea, seated on woven rush mats; a mounted rider on a white horse appears in the middle distance near a rocky, pine-topped promontory under a pale blue sky
Japanese woodblock print of a male figure in profile, wearing black hakama and a patterned kimono with circular crests, drawing a katana behind his back, set against a seashore background with blue waves; vertical columns of Japanese calligraphy in red and green cartouches at upper right.

Utagawa Yoshimune, The Soga Brothers Begging for Their Lives at Yuigamama, April 29, 1885, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Chuck Bowdlear, Ph.D., and John Borozan, M.A., photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Utagawa Yoshimune
Japan, 1817-1880
Title
The Soga Brothers Begging for Their Lives at Yuigamama
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
April 29, 1885
Period
Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Triptych; color woodblock prints
Dimensions
a) Right image: 13 15/16 x 9 3/16 in. (35.4 x 23.34 cm); a) Right sheet: 14 1/4 x 9 3/16 in. (36.2 x 23.34 cm); b) Center image: 13 15/16 x 9 3/16 in. (35.4 x 23.34 cm); b) Center sheet: 14 1/4 x 9 3/16 in. (36.2 x 23.34 cm); c) Left image: 14 x 9 1/4 in. (35.56 x 23.5 cm); c) Left sheet: 14 5/16 x 9 5/8 in. (36.35 x 24.45 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Chuck Bowdlear, Ph.D., and John Borozan, M.A.
Accession Number
M.2000.105.134a-c
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art