Posted by Roger on December 27, 1998 at 19:01:42:
I am trying to identify a triptych...one probably from the 1860's and showing a
battle scene...well pre-Tokugawa. A problem I'm having is that each sheet has a
different artist's name. They are exceedingly hard to read..but might include
Yoshikata and Yoshitora. Each name stamp has a different "verb", that is, one
is fude, one ga, and one zu. The whole triptych is a unified picture...no evi-
dence that a committee was at work.
As far as I know, the two named artists are quite possible designers of such a
subject and of the rather uninspired style it is done in.
Is it possible that as many as three artists colaborated on single pictures? Any
help would be appreciated.