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KUNIYOSHI Utagawa
FICHE 15730
(1797 - 1861)
Rônin manipulating a scarecrow as a ghost to frighten his comrades
Rônin making huge head of Moronao out of snow
Woodblock print
1847-1848
Impression on Japan paper, signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga, from the series Parody on the Samurai’s Loyalty (Gishi no seichû Yoshi ga tawamure), published by Iba-ya Sensaburô. Censors' seals Hama and Kinugasa.
Kō no Moronao was the first shitsuji (deputy of the shogun, at the Muromachi time)
Sheet: vertical ôban (367 x 239 mm)
Condition: paper strip missing by a few millimetres on the right, some wrinkles.
450 €
