Information
Date : 1896
Size : O-ban / Triptych
Impression : Good
Condition : Good
Detail : Backed / Pasted together / Slight browning
The boy wielding the sword in the center is Ushiwakamaru, later known as Minamoto no Yoshitsune.
According to legend, when Ushiwakamaru learned of his birth at the age of eleven (some say fifteen), he refused to become a monk and ran around Mount Kurama, where he was trained in the art of swordsmanship by a fleeing warrior wearing a tengu mask.
Shuko was an ukiyoe artist active during the Meiji period, and one of Yosai's pupils.