KUNIYOSHI  (1797-1861). Yazama Jūjirō Moto-oki. (Sold)

KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861). Yazama Jūjirō Moto-oki. (Sold)

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Subject: Yazama Jūjirō Moto-oki blowing a whistle while holding his katana.
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, 36,5x25,1 cm.
Medium: Woodblock color print
Literature: Basil W. Robinson. Kuniyoshi The Warrior-prints. Oxford, 1982, S53, no. 13. David R. Weinberg. Kuniyoshi. The faithful samurai. Amsterdam, 2000, no. 13.
Conditions: Very good impression and colour, very good conditions.
Item no: C 609
Status: Sold