KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861). Sasai Kyūzō Masayasu. (Sold)
Artist:
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Subject:
Sasai Kyūzō Masayasu enveloped in smoke by a volley of musket fire at the Battle of the Anegawa in 1570.
Series:
Taiheiki eiyuden (Heroic stories of the Taiheiki). Print no. 12.
Signature:
Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga. Artist seal kiri.
Date:
ca. 1847-50. Censors seals Mera and Murata.
Publisher:
Yamamatoya Heikichi.
Size:
Oban tate-e, 36,4x24,9 cm.
Medium:
Woodblock color print.
Literature:
Another impression is illustrated and described in detail in Elena Varshavskaya. Heroes of the grand pacification. Kuniyoshi’s Taiheiki eiyu den. Amsterdam 2005, n. 12.
Conditions:
Fine impression, color and conditions.
Item no:
C 1011