KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861). Kanetsune. (Sold)
Artist:
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Subject:
Miura JirÅemon Kanetsune falling backward into a hearth.
Series:
Seichu gishi den (Biographies of Loyal and Righteous Samurai s.c the forty-seven ronin).
Signature:
Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga and kiri seal.
Date:
1847-8. Censor seals Muramatsu and Yoshimura.
Publisher:
Ebiya Rinnosuke.
Size:
Oban tate-e, 37x25,3 cm.
Medium:
Woodblock color print
Literature:
Basil W. Robinson. Kuniyoshi The Warrior-prints. Oxford, 1982, S53, no. 49. David R. Weinberg. Kuniyoshi. The faithful samurai. Amsterdam, 2000, no. 49
Conditions:
Very good impression with gofun simulating the ash, very good colour and conditions.
Item no:
C 577