Tomoe Gozen with an Uprooted Pine Tree by Totoya Hokkei
  • 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)

Collection: Taliesin West Surimono Collection x

 
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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.

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