KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861). Takebayashi Sadashichi. (Sold)
Artist:
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Subject:
The ronin Takebayashi Sadashichi tying his belt.
Series:
Seichu gishi den (Biographies of Loyal and Righteous Samurai s.c the forty-seven ronin). Print no. 24.
Signature:
Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga and Kiri seal.
Date:
1847-8. Censors seals Mera and Murata.
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. 1. David R. Weinberg. Kuniyoshi. The faithful samurai. Amsterdam, 2000, no. I.24.
Conditions:
Good impression, colour and condition.
Item no:
C 618
Status:
Sold