KUNIYOSHI  (1797-1861). Horibe Yasubei Taketsune

KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861). Horibe Yasubei Taketsune

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Subject: Horibe Yasubei Taketsune destroying a decorative wood ramma with a large mallet among smoke and ash.
Series: Seichū gishin meimei kagami. (Mirror of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Retainers, Individually).
Signature: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga. Artist seal kiri.
Date: VI / 1857. Aratame and date seal for the Snake year.
Publisher: Ise-ya Isaburō (or Horikoshi according Andreas Marks, Publishers of Japanese Woodblock Prints: A Compendium. Leiden 2011).
Size: Ōban tate-e, 36,9x25,3 cm.
Medium: Woodblock color print
Literature: Basil W. Robinson. Kuniyoshi The Warrior-prints. Oxford, 1982, S90, no. 34.
Conditions: Very good impression, colour and conditions
Item no: C 1029
Price: Euro 600
Status: Available