KUNIYOSHI  (1797-1861). The ronin Norikane. (Sold)

KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861). The ronin Norikane. (Sold)

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Subject: The ronin Yatō Yomoshichi Norikane holding a spear and drinking from a cup.
Series: Seichū gishi den (Biographies of Loyal and Righteous Samurai s.c the forty-seven ronin). Print no. 3.
Signature: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga.
Date: 1847-8. Censors seals Muramatsu and Yoshimura.
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke.
Size: Oban tate-e, 36,4x24,7 cm
Medium: Woodblock color print.
Literature: Basil W. Robinson. Kuniyoshi The Warrior-prints. Oxford, 1982, S53, no. 3. David R. Weinberg. Kuniyoshi. The faithful samurai. Amsterdam, 2000, no. I.3.
Conditions: Good impression and colour, good conditions.
Item no: C 600
Status: Sold