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293 * For a complete version of this subject on two six-panel screens,
ANONYMOUS sold recently in our New York rooms, see Bonhams, Fine Japanese
Edo period (1615-1868), late 17th/early 18th century and Korean Art, 21 March 2018, lot 2075. Fought between the
Two framed and glazed paintings, ink, colours and gold on paper, Minamoto and Taira clans in early 1185, the two battles of Ichinotani
originally forming parts of a folding screen, depicting scenes from
the battles of Ichinotani and Yashima; unsigned, with two cardboard and Yashima brought about the final defeat of the Taira and were
immortalized in the thirteenth-century chronicle Heike monogatari
storage boxes. Each overall: 105cm x 58cm (41 3/8in x 22 7/8in); (The Tale of the Heike). Among the many episodes recorded in the
image: 82cm x 46cm (32 1/8in x 18 7/8in). (4). chronicle, one of the most famous is the poignant death of the
teenage Taira warrior Atsumori, seen here pursued into the sea by
£8,000 - 10,000 Kumagai Naozane of the Minamoto clan.
JPY1,200,000 - 1,500,000
US$11,000 - 14,000

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. FINE JAPANESE ART | 141