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A Warrior’s Helmet and Yellow Arrow Quiver by Totoya Hokkei, Image 12.
  • Totoya Hokkei
  • A Warrior’s Helmet and Yellow Arrow Quiver, 1823
  • woodblock print on paper
  • 8.4 x 7.4 in (21.34 x 18.8 cm)
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The composition of this print is divided into two sections, one for a warrior’s helmet and another for a blossoming plum branch. The two objects allude to the warrior Kajiwara no Kagesue who fought for the Minamoto clan. He was thought to have placed a blossoming plum branch in his quiver to attract the attention of the enemy, and later to have lost his helmet.

  • Attribution: Frank Lloyd Wright Collection at Taliesin West
  • Collections: Taliesin West Surimono Collection
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