KUNIYOSHI  (1797-1861). Kurahashi Zensuke Takeyuki

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
Price: Euro 550
Status: Available