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