KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861). Masahisa. (Sold)
Artist:
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Subject:
The ronin Isoai Juroemon Masahisa brandishing his naginata.
Series:
Seichu gishi den (Biographies of Loyal and Righteous Samurai s.c the forty-seven ronin). Print no. 10.
Signature:
Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga and Kiri seal.
Date:
1847-8. Censors seals Hama and Kinugasa.
Publisher:
Ebiya Rinnosuke.
Size:
Oban tate-e, 36,5x25,2 cm
Medium:
Woodblock color print.
Literature:
Basil W. Robinson. Kuniyoshi The Warrior-prints. Oxford, 1982, S53, no. 10. David R. Weinberg. Kuniyoshi. The faithful samurai. Amsterdam, 2000, no. I.10.
Conditions:
Fine impression and colour, very good conditions.
Item no:
C 606
Price:
Euro 500
Status:
Sold