KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861). Kurahashi Zensuke Takeyuki
Artist:
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Subject:
The ronin Kurahashi Zensuke Takeyuki sword in hand holding a painted scroll.
Series:
Seichu gishi den (Biographies of Loyal and Righteous Samurai s.c the forty-seven ronin). Print no. 25.
Signature:
Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga and Kiri seal.
Date:
1847-8. Censors seals Mera and Murata.
Publisher:
Ebiya Rinnosuke.
Size:
Oban tate-e, 36,4x25,2 cm.
Medium:
Woodblock color print.
Literature:
Basil W. Robinson. Kuniyoshi The Warrior-prints. Oxford, 1982, S53, no. 1. David R. Weinberg. Kuniyoshi. The faithful samurai. Amsterdam, 2000, no. I.25.
Conditions:
Good impression and colour, very good condition.
Item no:
C 619