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Ushiwakamaru (御曹子牛若丸 Onzōshi Ushiwakamaru, as written in the red cartouche to his right), the young Minamoto Yoshitsune (1159-1189), sits with a bowl apparently demanding money to allow a group of peculiar looking bandits, led by Ise Saburo Yoshimori 伊勢三郎義盛, to pass.  Ushiwaka holds the bottom of Yoshimori's Japanese long lance with his feet.  Yoshimori was later to become a close personal adviser to Yoshitsune.  Yoshitsune was known for having a number of followers of "low social standing" and the members of his army have been described as "guerrillas."  It is speculated that Yoshitsune "formed ties with most of his peculiar band of followers" during his travels in the provinces.¹

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IHL Catalog	#359
Title or Description	Yahagi Bridge at Midnight with Wild Geese Descending 矢矧橋夜半落雁
Artist	Utagawa Yoshitsuya (1822-1866)
Signature	Ichieisai Yoshitsuya ga 一英斎 芳艶 画
Seal	no artist's seal
Publication Date	left panel center panel right panel 1861 [文久元年 bunkyū gannen (bunkyū era first year)]
Publisher	Kagaya Kichibei 加賀屋 吉兵衛 [Marks: seal 22-024; pub. ref. 194]
Carver	Horikō Mino
Impression	excellent
Colors	excellent
Condition	good - top, bottom and right margins trimmed to image; minor soiling; vertical fold left side of center sheet; not backed
Genre	ukiyo-e - Edo era
Miscellaneous
Format	vertical oban triptych
H x W Paper	13 3/4 x  9 5/8 in. (34.9 x 24.48 cm) each sheet
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