KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861). The wife of Uramatsu. (Sold)
Artist:
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Subject:
The wife of Uramatsu Handayū tying up a thief.
Series:
Seichū gishin den (Stories of the faithful hearts).
Signature:
Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga and kiri seal.
Date:
1847-8. Censors seals Muramatsu and Yoshimura.
Publisher:
Ebiya Rinnosuke.
Size:
Oban tate-e, 36x24,6 cm
Medium:
Woodblock color print.
Literature:
Basil W. Robinson. Kuniyoshi The Warrior-Prints. Oxford, 1982, S56, no. 13. Another impression is illustrated and described in David R. Weinberg. Kuniyoshi. The faithful samurai. Amsterdam, 2000, no. II-13.
Conditions:
Good impression, some restorations otherwise in good conditions.
Item no:
C 581
Status:
Sold