KUNIYOSHI  (1797-1861). Sasai Kyūzō  Masayasu. (Sold)

KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861). Sasai Kyūzō Masayasu. (Sold)

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Subject: Sasai Kyūzō Masayasu enveloped in smoke by a volley of musket fire at the Battle of the Anegawa in 1570.
Series: Taiheiki eiyuden (Heroic stories of the Taiheiki). Print no. 12.
Signature: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga. Artist seal kiri.
Date: ca. 1847-50. Censors seals Mera and Murata.
Publisher: Yamamatoya Heikichi.
Size: Oban tate-e, 36,4x24,9 cm.
Medium: Woodblock color print.
Literature: Another impression is illustrated and described in detail in Elena Varshavskaya. Heroes of the grand pacification. Kuniyoshi’s Taiheiki eiyu den. Amsterdam 2005, n. 12.
Conditions: Fine impression, color and conditions.
Item no: C 1011
Price: Euro 1100
Status: Sold