Yoshitsuya Nii-no-ama

Autor/Urheber:

Utagawa Yoshitsuya (Japanese, 1822–1866). Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)

Shortlink:

https://dewiki.de/b/25dff2

Quelle:

Wikimedia Commons

Größe:

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Beschreibung:

Japanese woodblock print by Utagawa Yoshitsuya; print title Nii no ama, from the series Mirror of Warriors of Our Country (Honchō musha kagami); date 3/1856; 10.75" by 14.25". The print depicts Nii no Ama, the grandmother of emperor Antoku, jumping over board, when she saw that the battle of Dan-no-ura was lost. Antoku tennō was according to tradition a rebirth of a dragon-king’s daughter and here she is returning to her father.

Lizenz:

Public domain

Credit:

From here. For the print see here and for the story here.

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