KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861). Yōshin-in-ni. (Sold)
Artist:
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Subject:
The widow Yōshin-in-ni beside a painted tsuitate.
Series:
Seichū gishin den (Stories of the faithful hearts).
Signature:
Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga and kiri seal.
Date:
1847-8. Censors seals Hama and Kinugasa.
Publisher:
Ebiya Rinnosuke.
Size:
Oban tate-e, 36,4x24,6 cm
Medium:
Woodblock color print.
Literature:
Basil W. Robinson. Kuniyoshi The Warrior-Prints. Oxford, 1982, S56, no. 8. Another impression is illustrated and described in R. Weinberg. Kuniyoshi. The faithful samurai. Amsterdam, 2000, no. II-8.
Conditions:
Very good impression, colour and conditions.
Item no:
C 559
Status:
Sold