Tomoe Gozen with an Uprooted Pine Tree from the collection of ASU Asian Art History

Totoya Hokkei
Tomoe Gozen with an Uprooted Pine Tree, 1827
woodblock print on paper
8.3 x 7.3 in (21.08 x 18.54 cm)

Tomoe, the famous woman warrior, can be identified by the mitsudomoe (three-comma) symbol on her sack that is her namesake. She pulls the trunk of a pine tree from her assailant, Wada Yoshinori with whom she later has a son.

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

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