KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861).The ronin Takafusa
Artist:
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Subject:
The ronin Karaoke Dengoemon Takafusa seated with a bloodstain spear.
Series:
Seichu gishi den (Biographies of Loyal and Righteous Samurai s.c the forty-seven ronin). Print no. 15.
Signature:
Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga and Kiri seal.
Date:
1847-8. Censors seals Mera and Murata.
Publisher:
Ebiya Rinnosuke.
Size:
Oban tate-e, 36,5x24,9 cm
Medium:
Woodblock color print.
Literature:
Basil W. Robinson. Kuniyoshi The Warrior-prints. Oxford, 1982, S53, no. 15. David R. Weinberg. Kuniyoshi. The faithful samurai. Amsterdam, 2000, no. I.15.
Conditions:
Very good impression, colour and conditions.
Item no:
C 611
Price:
Euro 500
Status:
Sold