KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861). Tsugifusa. (Sold)
Artist:
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Subject:
Sumino Chuheiji Tsugifusa searching Moronao's bed.
Series:
Seichu gishi den (Biographies of Loyal and Righteous Samurai s.c the forty-seven ronin). Print no. 45.
Signature:
Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga and kiri seal.
Date:
ca. 1847-8. Censors' seals Mera and Murata.
Publisher:
Ebiya Rinnosuke
Size:
Oban tate-e, 37x25,3 cm.
Medium:
Woodblock color print.
Literature:
Basil W. Robinson. Kuniyoshi The Warrior-prints. Oxford, 1982, S53, no. 45. David R. Weinberg. Kuniyoshi. The faithful samurai. Amsterdam, 2000, no. I.45.
Conditions:
Very good impression, color and conditions
Item no:
C 483
Status:
Sold