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| Artist: |
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) |
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| Subject: | The Chushingura, Act XI. The forty-seven ronin assembled at sunrise in the snow at the Ryogoku Bridge. | ||
| Signature: | Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga. | ||
| Date: | ca. 1827. | ||
| Publisher: | Kagaya Kichiemon | ||
| Size: | Oban triptych, 38,6 x 79,4 cm. | ||
| Remarks: | In this early trptych Kuniyoshi used the western technique of chiaroscuro to enhance the effect of the clouds. | ||
| Reference: | Two other impressions are illustrated in Merlin C. Dailey, The Raymond A. Bidwell Collection of Prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Springfield, 1968 no. 3 and in Christie's auction catalogues The Dynamic World of Utagawa Kuniyoshi The B.W.Robinson Collection, London: Christie's, no. 505. | ||
| Conditions: | Good impression, colour and condition. | ||
| Item no. | C 238 | ||
| Price: | Euro 1800 | ||
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