KUNIYOSHI  (1797-1861). The dancer Giō. (Sold)

KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861). The dancer Giō. (Sold)

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Subject: The Shirabyōshi dancer Giō walking under the moonlight. The subject is associated to the poem by Ōe no Chisato. Numbered no. 23 in the series.
Series: Ogura nazorae Hyakunin isshu (Ogura imitation of one hundred poems by one hundred poets). The series is including prints by Hiroshige, Kunisada and Kuniyoshi.
Signature: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga and kiri seal.
Date: Censor seal Kinugasa.1845–48
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburō (Dansendō).
Block-cutter: Horikō Fusajirō
Size: Oban, 35,4x24,2
Medium: Woodblock color print
Literature: Basil W. Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints, Oxford, 1982, n. S46.23
Conditions: Very good impression, color and condition.
Item no: B 319
Status: Sold