This edition is a compilation of Japanese woodblock prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, reproduced from the followed original set: Taiheiki Eiyuden or "Heroes of the Great Peace" .
The Taiheiki was written in the late fourteenth century and recounts a series of wars between the Northern Court of Ashikaga Takauji in Kyoto, and the Southern Court of Emperor Go-Daigo in Yoshino. However, this series of prints portrays characters from the civil wars of the sixteenth century, with the participant's names altered.
This edition is a compilation of Japanese woodblock prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, reproduced from the followed original set: Taiheiki Eiyuden or "Heroes of the Great Peace" .
The Taiheiki was written in the late fourteenth century and recounts a series of wars between the Northern Court of Ashikaga Takauji in Kyoto, and the Southern Court of Emperor Go-Daigo in Yoshino. However, this series of prints portrays characters from the civil wars of the sixteenth century, with the participant's names altered.