KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861). Moronao.
Artist:
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Subject:
Kono Musashi no Kami Moronao cringing in terror.
Series:
Seichu gishi den (Biographies of Loyal and Righteous Samurai s.c the forty-seven ronin). Print no. 38.
Signature:
Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga.
Date:
ca. 1847-8. Censors' seals Hama and Kinugasa.
Publisher:
Ebiya Rinnosuke.
Size:
Oban tate-e, 36,3x24,8 cm.
Medium:
Woodblock color print.
Literature:
Basil W. Robinson. Kuniyoshi The Warrior-prints. Oxford, 1982, S53, no. 38. David R. Weinberg. Kuniyoshi. The faithful samurai. Amsterdam, 2000, no. I.38.
Conditions:
Very good impression and colour, good conditions.
Item no:
C 570
Price:
Euro 400
Status:
Available