YOSHITOSHI  (1839-1892) Kataoka Gengoemon. (Sold)

YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892) Kataoka Gengoemon. (Sold)

Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)
Subject: A young retainer of lord Kira hurling a brazier at Kataoka Gengoemon during the night attack of the forty-seven ronin.
Series: Shinsen azuma nishiki-e. (New selections of eastern brocade pictures).
Signature: Yoshitoshi. Artist's seal Taiso.
Date: Meiji 18 (1885)
Publisher: Tsunashima
Size: Oban diptych, 37,4x50,3 cm.
Medium: Woodblock color print.
Conditions: Very good impression, colour and conditions.
Item no: C 591
Status: Sold