KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861). Ōboshi Yuranosuke
Artist:
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Subject:
The ronin Ōboshi Yuranosuke Yoshio seated on a camp stool holding a drum.
Series:
Seichu gishi den (Biographies of Loyal and Righteous Samurai s.c the forty-seven ronin). Print no. 1.
Signature:
Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga and Kiri seal.
Date:
1847-8. Censors seals Hama and Kinugasa.
Publisher:
Ebiya Rinnosuke.
Size:
Oban tate-e, 36x25 cm
Medium:
Woodblock color print.
Literature:
Basil W. Robinson. Kuniyoshi The Warrior-prints. Oxford, 1982, S53, no. 1. David R. Weinberg. Kuniyoshi. The faithful samurai. Amsterdam, 2000, no. I.1.
Conditions:
Good impression and colour, slightly trimmed on top general good conditions.
Item no:
C 598
Price:
Euro 350
Status:
Reserved