KUNIYOSHI  (1797-1861). Munefusa. (Sold)

KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861). Munefusa. (Sold)

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Subject: Aihara Esuke Munefusa running over a screen while wielding a katana above his head.
Series: Seichu gishi den (Biographies of Loyal and Righteous Samurai s.c the forty-seven ronin).
Signature: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga and kiri seal.
Date: ca. 1847-8.
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke
Size: Oban tate-e, 36,5x25 cm.
Medium: Woodblock color print
Literature: Basil W. Robinson. Kuniyoshi The Warrior-prints. Oxford, 1982, S53, no. 26. David R. Weinberg. Kuniyoshi. The faithful samurai. Amsterdam, 2000, no. 26.
Conditions: Very good impression and colour, very good conditions.
Item no: C 620
Price: Euro 500
Status: Sold