Lot Essay
This scene depicts Minamoto no Yoshitsune's flight from the capital from chapter 12 of the the Tale of the Heike.
For a similar painting dated 1955-65 see Maeda Seison isakuten (Memorial exhibition of Maeda Seison), exh. cat. (Tokyo: Asahi Shimbunsha, 1979), no. 66.
For a similar painting dated 1955-65 see Maeda Seison isakuten (Memorial exhibition of Maeda Seison), exh. cat. (Tokyo: Asahi Shimbunsha, 1979), no. 66.