KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861). Ueshima Monya. (Sold)
Artist:
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Subject:
Ueshima Monya, son of an Akao retainer, raising sleeve to chin.
Series:
Seichū gishin den (Stories of the faithful hearts).
Signature:
Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga and seal kiri.
Date:
1847-8. Censors seals Hama and Kinugasa.
Publisher:
Ebiya Rinnosuke.
Size:
Oban tate-e, 36,4x24,7 cm
Medium:
Woodblock color print.
Literature:
Basil W. Robinson. Kuniyoshi The Warrior-Prints. Oxford, 1982, S56, no. 7. David R. Weinberg. Kuniyoshi. The faithful samurai. Amsterdam, 2000, no. II-7.
Conditions:
Very good impression, colour and conditions.
Item no:
C 558
Status:
Sold