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