Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳) (artist 11/15/1797 – 03/05/1861)
Abe no Munetō (安部の宗任), the right-hand panel of a triptych entitled Mikawa Zenshi no Musume Nareginu ('A daughter of the former official of Mikawa with ordinary clothes')
1843 – 1846
10.25 in x 14.75 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
Signed: Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Publisher: Fujiokaya Hikotarō
(Marks 062 - seal 01-036)
Censor's seal: Hama
The full triptych is illustrated in Ukiyo-e dai musha-e ten - 浮世絵大武者絵展 - (The Samurai World in Ukiyo-e), edited by Yuriko Iwakiri, Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, 2003, #187, p. 66. [This example is in the Nagoya City Museum.] It shows Abe no Munetō (安部の宗任), a vassal of Minamoto no Yoshiie (1039-1106), watching his master slice go board.
warrior prints (musha-e - 武者絵) (genre)
Fujiokaya Hikotarō (藤岡屋彦太郎) (publisher)
Minamoto no Yoshiie (源義家) (role)